{"product_id":"pride-and-prejudice-9780679783268","title":"Pride and Prejudice","description":"\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Anna Quindlen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCommentary by Margaret Oliphant, George Saintsbury, Mark Twain, A. C. Bradley, Walter A. Raleigh, and Virginia Woolf\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.\" So begins \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice, \u003c\/i\u003eJane Austen's witty comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues. Renowned literary critic and historian George Saintsbury in 1894 declared it the \"most perfect, the most characteristic, the most eminently quintessential of its author's works,\" and Eudora Welty in the twentieth century described it as \"irresistible and as nearly flawless as any fiction could be.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIncludes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Quindlen \u003c\/b\u003eis a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. Her work includes the essay collection \u003ci\u003eLots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, \u003c\/i\u003ethe inspirational book \u003ci\u003eA Short Guide to a Happy Life, \u003c\/i\u003e and six novels: \u003ci\u003eObject Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEvery Last One\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610021204242,"sku":"9780679783268","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1685d75c-07e6-4de2-94b4-b879f1999d39.jpg?v=1774449618","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pride-and-prejudice-9780679783268","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}