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.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) was modest about her own genius but is one of English literature's greatest and most admired writers. She is the author of Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. Vivien Jones is a senior lecturer in English at the University of Leeds. Tony Tanner was a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and Professor of English and American Literature at the University of Cambridge.
“The wit of Jane Austen has for partner the perfection of her
taste.” —Virginia Woolf
“Nobody has ever been slyer with characters than
Austen.” —Marlon James, “My 10 Favorite Books,” in T: The
New York Times Style Magazine
"The wit of Jane Austen has for partner the perfection of her
taste." -Virginia Woolf
"Nobody has ever been slyer with characters than Austen."
-Marlon James, "My 10 Favorite Books," in T: The New York
Times Style Magazine
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