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(Description)

Author: Jane Austen.
Title: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. A Novel by Jane Austen. New Edition.
Publisher: London, Richard Bentley & Son, New Burlington Street, 1891.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5 " X 5.5 ".
Pages: 332 pages + publisher's catalog.
Binding: Attractive and very good original publisher's full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed and worn - as shown, with the St. Olave s School gilt crest on front cover - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Top edge gilt. A rare find in any condition!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, some light foxing or staining - as shown, prize bookplate from St. Olave s School on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful frontispiece illustration. 

The book: Attractive and rare 19th-century edition of Pride and Prejudice -- an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. 

The author: Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of social commentary, realism, and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.