Pride and Prejudice
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies ... More
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies ... More
Book Information
Publisher | Children's Press |
Binding | Library Binding (536 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 354 |
ISBN-10 | 0531169944 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0531169940 |
Publication Date | 08/01/2006 |
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About Katherine Paterson (Illustrator, Introduction) : Katherine Paterson was born in China, where she spent part of her childhood. After her education in China and the American South, she spent four years in Japan, the setting for her first three novels.... more
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8/26/2009 alanah White said: surely tested my vocabulary, definately in my top favorites.
absolutely love it
tags: I read, Inspired me
tags: I read, Inspired me
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