![]() Collins has certainly discussed his plans with Mrs. There is little support for this in the text-while Mr. Bennet's permission before proposing to Elizabeth, indicating a "slavish respect for social norms". The DK version's note on "Courtship and Marriage" states that Mr. Unfortunately, it costs a staggering $35-and would have been improved by further editing.īoth editions contain inaccuracies. The book itself is oversized and beautiful, with a number of full-color historical illustrations. Harvard's newly-released Pride and Prejudice: An Annotated Edition was edited by Patricia Meyer Spacks, an English professor at the University of Virginia, and features a lengthy introductory essay, notes on historical context, and definitions of terms likely to be unfamiliar to modern readers. ![]() (Powell's Books was selling it for $6.98.) Since that time, Belknap/Harvard University Press has published what does appear-at least at first glance-to be the P&P of my dreams, so today we'll be doing a little comparison shopping. A few months ago, I wrote a short post about DK Publishing's "Illustrated Classics" edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, calling it "not the annotated Pride and Prejudice of my dreams", but praising it for its information, art direction, and extremely reasonable price. ![]()
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