Pride and Prejudice

　　Retold by John Kennett; Illustrated by Jane Taylor, Genus Art.

　　This new series of Illustrated Chosen Classics is a collection of the world's most famous stories, especially retold for children.

　　In preparing the series, careful attention has been paid to the reading and interest levels of children.

　　The retelling brings this classic story within the grasp of the younger reader where an unabridged text would prove daunting.

　　Pride and Prejudice is the story of how prejudice on the part of the sperited Elizabeth Bennet leads her to see only arrogance in the proud Fitzwilliam Darcy. How she discovers that she is wrong, against the background of middle-class country life, is told with great skill and clear-sightedness by Jane Austen in what is probably her most famous novel.

作者簡介

　　Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics.