Pride and Prejudice: Lit for Little Hands

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010 - Fiction - 308 pages
Discover why readers have found these characters to be simply unforgettable. Understand why fans keep coming back over and over again. The delightful and timeless coming of age tale about the Bennet sisters. Jane Austen's universal tale of romance, woes, witty characters and happy endings will delight new and familiar readers alike. Pride and Prejudice is a story that tells itself. It ageless because pride and prejudice of any assortment will be forever in existence. The unique ways the characters come to terms with their strong characteristics is what has continued to draw and delight fans the world over.

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About the author (2010)

Jane Austen's life is striking for the contrast between the great works she wrote in secret and the outward appearance of being quite dull and ordinary. Austen was born in the small English town of Steventon in Hampshire, and educated at home by her clergyman father. She was deeply devoted to her family. For a short time, the Austens lived in the resort city of Bath, but when her father died, they returned to Steventon, where Austen lived until her death at the age of 41. Austen was drawn to literature early, she began writing novels that satirized both the writers and the manners of the 1790's. Her sharp sense of humor and keen eye for the ridiculous in human behavior gave her works lasting appeal. She is at her best in such books as Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), in which she examines and often ridicules the behavior of small groups of middle-class characters. Austen relies heavily on conversations among her characters to reveal their personalities, and at times her novels read almost like plays. Several of them have, in fact, been made into films. She is considered to be one of the most beloved British authors.

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