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Set against the backdrop of early 19th-century England, the novel opens with the Bennet family, a respectable yet financially modest clan residing in the rural town of Longbourn. The Bennets consist of the witty and sharp-minded Mr. Bennet, his good-natured but sometimes frivolous wife Mrs. Bennet, and their five daughters-Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia. The crux of the story unfolds with the arrival of the eligible and wealthy bachelor Mr....
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Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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British humorist P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) charmed generations of readers with such whimsical characters as the Honourable Bertie Wooster -- an affable but deliciously dim aristocrat -- and Jeeves, his brainy, imperturbable manservant. This entertaining collection of stories by one of the greatest comic writers of the twentieth century contains six tales featuring the unflappable valet, among them "Leave It to Jeeves," "Jeeves Takes Charge," and...
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Hitchhiker series volume 3
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English
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The people of Krikkit are planning to destroy the rest of the universe.
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Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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The text of Jane Austen's classic tale is accompanied by an introduction to the author's life and work and explanatory notes discussing the novel's historical context, language, characters, and themes.
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2001]
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English
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"A perennial favorite in the Norton Critical Editions series, Pride and Prejudice is based on the 1813 first edition text, which has been thoroughly annotated for undergraduate readers." ""Backgrounds and Sources" includes biographical portraits of Austen by members of her family and by biographers Park Honan, Claire Tomalin, and David Nokes. Seventeen of Austen's letters - eight of them new to the Third Edition - allow readers to glimpse the close-knit...
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