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Pocket Books, May 2004
eBook, 480 pages
ISBN-10: 1416503048
ISBN-13: 9781416503040
Description
ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED
BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
Jane Austen's lively, humorous, and ultimately timeless tale of proper English society, unspoken intentions, and true love finally found.
EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:
• A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
• A chronology of the author's life and work
• A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
• An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
• Detailed explanatory notes
• Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
• Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
• A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON
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Browse Inside Pride and PrejudiceDaily Times, October 14, 2011
...91-year-old detective novelist said recently she was glad to finally complete a long-desired project — a sequel to Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” James’ “Death Comes to Pemberley” will be published by Faber & Faber in ...
Blogcritics.org, October 18, 2009
...In Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice, Caroline Bingley has her eyes set on marrying Fitzwilliam Darcy, a handsome gentleman of no small fortune. As anyone who is familiar with ...
State Hornet, October 17, 2009
...Ben H. Winters is the author of the latest rendition of Jane Austen's novel, 'Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.' His novel is currently on the New York Times Best Seller list. State Hornet staff member Katrina Tupper had the chance ...
Petrolia Topic, October 13, 2009
...paranormal, historical romance novelist has recently finished a novella entitled Northanger Castle, which is a Gardella-flavoured version of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. The story will be included in an anthology of four paranormal tales ...
Metro.us, September 3, 2009
...crime while the two attended the school. Release date: Today [2] ?Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters? by Jane Austen and Ben Winters Following Quirk Books? huge best-seller, ?Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,? Winters has a go at ...
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, July 2, 2009
...them which is reassuring. There is little reason, for example, to read Seth Grahame-Smiths silly gloss on Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, when the original work is of such enduring quality. In any case, we doubt Mr. Salinger ...
NEWS.com.au, June 22, 2009
...more brains. I kid you not, to the much-hyped-and-sniped adaptation of Jane Austens classic take of Regency romance: Pride and Prejudice. The new book, penned by a Los Angeles television writer named Seth Grahame-Smith, is called Pride and ...
The Scotsman, June 19, 2009
...If you've read even one Jane Austen novel, you'll know that the outdoors plays a role almost as important as her characters. Jumbled cottage gardens, formal town gardens and sweeping grand estates provide the backdrop ...
Den of Geek, June 11, 2009
...to turn a classic novel into a post-modern geek fest. Author , who is credited as a co-writer alongside Jane Austen, has generated a lot of excitement with this, his first novel. It's certainly an inspired experiment to place the sense and ...
Shorthorn, June 9, 2009
...isn?t the first author copied or parodied for the sake of making money from a timeless novel. Jane Austen?s Pride and Prejudice has been revamped into Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance ? Now With Ultraviolent ...
Suite101.com, June 8, 2009
...& Literature » World Literatures » Book Review ? Darcy's Passions by Regina Jeffers The Story of Pride and Prejudice told from Darcy?s Perspective © Susan Whelan Based on the storyline of Pride and Prejudice, this novel takes a fresh ...
Plymouth Evening Herald, May 29, 2009
...THE STUNNING Westcountry coast may have been the catalyst to romantic novelist Jane Austen falling in love with a clergyman, according to an academic's new theory. The author of Pride and Prejudice is well known for being unlucky in love, ...
The Australian, May 8, 2009
...Quirk Books, 319pp, $26.95 JANE Austen's seventh novel comes as a surprise not only because of its publication 200 years after her death but because it includes zombies. The undead have been brought to ...
U-Wire.com, April 30, 2009
...Zombies don't belong in every piece of literature, and 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' is a novel as out of place as its title infers. Author Seth Grahame-Smith took Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' and added his own touch ...
Central Florida Future, April 17, 2009
...Seth Grahame-Smith has saved English majors hours of boredom. He?s taken the literary classic Pride and Prejudice and added the one aspect of pop culture that can instantly transform the dull and mundane into the exciting and suspenseful: ...
Guardian Unlimited, April 17, 2009
...Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters The author currently enjoying a surprise hit with the new literary genre of monster remix, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies writer Seth Grahame-Smith, has landed a rumoured $575,000 (£390,000) deal with a major ...
The Tiger, April 17, 2009
...Zombies enter the classic Victorian novel 'Pride and Prejudice.' Issue date: 4/17/09 Section: TimeOut Page 1 of 1 I have read 'Pride and Prejudice,' Jane Austen's celebrated Regency romance, four times. I have seen every version ...
Examiner.com, April 16, 2009
...A few months ago, Quirk books released the jacket for their now much buzzed-about bestseller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by, as the jackets states, ?Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.? It looks like a typical classic (Oxford, maybe ...
Daily Iowan, April 15, 2009
...Any fan of the undead ought to give Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith?s collaborative effort, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a shot (aiming for the head, of course). ?I haven?t any right to criticise books, and I ...
Christian Science Monitor, April 15, 2009
...book and sent it back to the disappointed young author ?without a word of encouragement.? That author was Jane Austen. The book was an early version of ?Pride and Prejudice.? In this month?s Literary Review, Mark Bostridge takes a lively ...
Oklahoma Daily, April 15, 2009
...'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. Photo provided. Anyone who has wallowed through Jane Austen?s ?Pride and Prejudice? probably found it quite contrived and ...
CBC, April 14, 2009
...skilled vampire slayer. Quick Books released Grahame-Smith's on April 1. The book injects a zombie-fighting plotline into Jane Austen's classic novel, with scenes of heroine Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters battling an onslaught of undead ...
The Independent, April 11, 2009
...The novels of Jane Austen were almost consigned to history, before Walter Scott came to their rescue Reviewed by Elspeth barker Share In this extraordinary book, crammed with scholarship and glittering with trivia, Claire ...
Library Journal, April 10, 2009
...Austen, Jane and Seth Grahame-Smith. . Its difficult to explain the appeal of this book. Either you love the idea of one of the greatest novels in the English language being rewritten to include hordes of brain-seeking zombie unmentionables ...
The Times South Africa, April 10, 2009
...A book which has taken Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice and mashed it up with the essential elements of a zombie film is sweeping the book charts in the US and looks likely to do the same in ...
Guardian Unlimited, April 9, 2009
...Monster hit ... Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Photograph: Quirk Books/PR The public's unanticipated desire for the unusual conflation of Regency romance and the undead this morning sent Seth Grahame-Smith's zombie mash-up ...
BBC, April 8, 2009
...possession of brains must be in want of more brains.' It's an opening line that might make Jane Austen turn in her grave - or rise from it with her arms out-stretched. For writer Seth Grahame-Smith has taken Austen's Regency classic and ...
FilmCritic.com, April 8, 2009
...to the big screen, or the small screen, intact -- and kudos must go to the A&E/BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice for flawlessly recreating the classic Jane Austen novel. This production is as faithful to the book as Cliff notes (though at ...
Tuscaloosa News, March 27, 2009
...considerable effort to assure his sterling new product didn't fall into the same bait-and-switch trap. The novel 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' has created major buzz since its title hit the Internet. 'I think what people are getting ...
Softpedia, February 10, 2009
...with contemporary elements that moviegoers are familiar with, and selling it as something new is just a step. ?Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith does just that, and Hollywood is already dying for the ...
ONE News, February 10, 2009
...Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being updated as a zombie horror book and film. A parody of the English novel is due to be published in April ...
Fox 23 Oklahoma, February 10, 2009
...English novelist Jane Austen from an original family portrait. (Hulton Archive, ) Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is set to be remade as a zombie horror book - with Hollywood studios ...
Brisbane Courier-Mail, February 9, 2009
...JANE Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being updated by Los Angeles-based comedy writer Seth Grahame-Smith as a zombie horror book and film. A parody of the English novel ...
The Age, February 9, 2009
...- 10:12AM Jane Austen's classic story is being made into a slayer novel. Photo: Supplied Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being updated as a zombie horror book and ...
Light Reading, February 8, 2009
...a torch and a pitchfork. A chainsaw might help. Literary news from today's Herald Sun of Melbourne: Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being updated as a zombie horror book and film. A parody of the English novel is due to be ...
Light Reading, February 8, 2009
...a torch and a pitchfork. A chainsaw might help. Literary news from today's Herald Sun of Melbourne: Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being updated as a zombie horror book and film. A parody of the English novel is due to be ...
Brisbane Courier-Mail, February 8, 2009
...JANE Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being updated by Los Angeles-based comedy writer Seth Grahame-Smith as a zombie horror book and film. A parody of the English novel ...
Yahoo! News Australia, February 8, 2009
...Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being updated as a zombie horror book and film. A parody of the English novel is due to be published in April ...
Brisbane Courier-Mail, February 8, 2009
...JANE Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being updated by a LA-based comedy writer as a zombie horror book and film. A parody of the English novel is due ...
Brisbane Courier-Mail, February 8, 2009
...Article from: AAP Font size: Decrease Increase : Email : Print JANE Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being updated as a zombie horror book and film. A parody of the English novel is due to be published in April ...
Herald Sun, February 8, 2009
...JANE Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being updated as a zombie horror book and film. A parody of the English novel is due to be published in April ...
Yahoo! News Australia, February 8, 2009
...Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being updated as a zombie horror book and film. A parody of the English novel is due to be published in April ...
Nine MSN, February 8, 2009
...Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being updated as a zombie horror book and film. A parody of the English novel is due to be published in April ...
Penn State Daily Collegian, January 30, 2009
...Most of my friends know that I have been hopelessly obsessed with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice since the age of 16, to the point where I used to carry around a dog-eared copy of the novel with me and consult it ...
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