An edition of Happily ever after (2013)

Happily ever after

celebrating Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice

1st Frances Lincoln ed.
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An edition of Happily ever after (2013)

Happily ever after

celebrating Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice

1st Frances Lincoln ed.
  • 4.0 (1 rating) ·
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  • 1 Have read

In 2013 Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice turns 200. Again and again in polls conducted around the world, it is regularly chosen as the favourite novel of all time. Read and studied from Cheltenham to China, there are Jane Austen Societies from Boston to Buenos Aires, dedicated to sharing the delights of Jane Austen's masterpiece. Here is the tale of how Pride and Prejudice came to be written, its first reception in a world that didn't take much notice of it and then its growing popularity.

2013 is the 200th anniversary of the publication of 'Pride and Prejudice.' Here is the tale of how it came to be written, its first reception in a world that didn't take much notice and then its growing popularity leading up to Colin Firth mania and a best-selling zombie mash-up.

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Frances Lincoln
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English
Pages
240

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Table of Contents

'My Own Darling Child': The Writing of Pride and Prejudice
'A Very Superior Work': Reactions to Pride and Prejudice
'A Truth Universally Acknowledged': The Famous First Sentence
'Bright and Sparkling': The Style of Pride and Prejudice
'As Charming a Creature': The Heroine, Elizabeth Bennet
'Mr Darcy ... is the Man!': The Hero, Fitzwilliam Darcy
'The Female Line': Her Relations
'The Same Noble Line': His Relations
'Delighting in the Ridiculous': Other Characters
Pride and Prejudice Goes Overseas: The Translations
'Pictures of Perfection': Illustrating and Covering Pride and Prejudice
Did They All Live Happily Ever After?: Sequels and Adaptations
Bonnets and Bosoms: Film and Theatrical Versions
Mugs and Skateboards: Selling Pride and Prejudice
'Behold Me Immortal': Pride and Prejudice Now and in the Future.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-231) and index.

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London

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Dewey Decimal Class
823.7
Library of Congress
PR4034.P73 F85 2013, PR4034

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240 pages
Number of pages
240

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL37774211M
Internet Archive
happilyeverafter0000full
ISBN 10
0711233748
ISBN 13
9780711233744
OCLC/WorldCat
810947805

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Work ID
OL27695863W

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