"Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen:

The "darling child" of Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice was first published in 1813 and sought immediate success. It is a novel of manners and of romance. It is another one of Austen's romantic and humorous depictions of the social classes, education, marriage, and money. Fairly witty, and most intriguing for the reader as it tackles themes of reputation, family, class, and integrity. Austen's characterization, and technical mastery of the language, and her ability to present the best portray of everyday life made her novel one of the most significant works of the nineteenth century.

The novel is set in rural England and follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, her hate-love story with the bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, and their friendship through the comedy of manners and the overwhelming, genuine, heartfelt feeling of the characters.

Jane Austen is an English novelist, mostly known for her satirical social criticism of the British society. Her characterization skills are one of her best qualities, especially when it comes to portraying female characters and her discussions of marriage, love, social and economic security. Austen enjoyed fame during her life, but it was only her death that she became an icon of romance novels. Her most received novels include: Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park and Sense and sensibility

1. "To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love..." (Page: 14)
   
2. "Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us." (Page: 27)
   
3. ""There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense." (Page: 157)
   
4. "There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me."(Page 199)
   
5. "From the very beginning-from the first moment, I may almost say-of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry."(Page: 218)
   

This version of the novel contains a set of new annotation that help the reader throughout their reading, encompassing:

• A detailed Character Map, in which the relation between the major character and the rest of the characters is pointed out.
• Glossary a list of vital words that are important to the understanding and the deciphering of the novel's language.
• A new modern Cover.