TY - BOOK AU - Austen,Jane AU - Wilkinson,Philip TI - Pride and prejudice T2 - DK illustrated classics SN - 9780756633318 AV - PR4034 .P7 2008 U1 - 823/.7 22 PY - 2008/// CY - London, New York PB - DK KW - Gentry KW - England KW - Fiction KW - Young women KW - Sisters KW - Courtship KW - Social classes KW - Mate selection KW - Social life and customs KW - 19th century N1 - First published: 1813; TV tie-in; "Full unabridged text"--Cover N2 - When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life ER -