Pride and Prejudice [Free PDF] - Jane Austen

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Pride & prejudice PDF is a novel written by Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is a novel which describes pure love, a love that does not include any type of selfishness. Jane Austin had written this novel in the years 1796 and 1797 but did not publish it. This novel was then published on 28^th January 1813. This was the time when women were expected to stay at home and just make themselves beautiful. They were not allowed to think about themselves and their careers. The only way in which a woman could make her life better was to get married to a rich and well settled man. When this novel was published Jane’s name was not mentioned on it, even she was not given the title of author for any of her novels when she was alive.

Marriage, wealth and class in a society is the theme of this novel. This novel beautifully explains the importance of these things in 18^th century.  Mr. Bennet is a wealthy and rich man and also a father of five unmarried daughters. The ambition of his wife is to get their daughters married to a rich and wealthy man. These facts perfectly explain the thinking of people in 18^th century, when the only important thing in a woman’s life was considered marriage. Another thing which shows the thinking and life style of people in 18^th century was the property rule. According to this rule the property can only be given to the male heir of the family. Later in this novel it’s shown that after Mr. Bennet’s death his wife and daughters are thrown out of his house because they are not the heir of this property. 

Book Review of Pride and Prejudice

This book is really popular among modern readers. There is no doubt that this book really deserves to be on the top of “most loved books” list. About 20 million copies of this book have been sold. This novel is one of the best novels of English literature. This beautiful, classic novel received good comments and reviews from all over the world. Even in 1813 when author was not given appreciation of her work, this book received three positive comments in the first month of its publication. The wife of Lord Byron, Anne Isabella called it a fashionable novel.

Charlotte Bronte criticized this novel saying that this book was complete disappointment. Along with these types of negative comments, reviews and critics this novel actually gained popularity. According to a poll, conducted by BBC in 2003, this book stood on the second position of UK’s best and most loved books. In another survey which was conducted in 2008 in Australia, this book came first in the list 0f 101 best books written.

The popularity of this book can be seen from the fact that its 200^th anniversary was celebrated by very famous media networks like The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times, and The Huffington Post tec.

This novel has been used to make films in the years 1940 and 2005. This book also has television versions. Two television versions were made by BBC in the years 1995 and 1980. Helen Jerome created a stage version of this novel in 1936. The concept from this book was also used in a musical album in the year 1995. Pride and prejudice was presented in a musical concert in New York on 21^st October, 2008.

This novel received popularity because of its realistic nature. This novel is actually a love story between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy , but explain the whole family and their lie under different circumstances in 18^th century. 

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