PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (PENGUIN CLASSICS) (HB)

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. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In this sparkling comedy of manners, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobbery of provincial middle-class life.