Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Pride and Prejudice: A Look into Romance

"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 Pride and Prejudice, Jane 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 twntieth century described it as "irresistible and as nearly flawless as any fiction could be."--Introduction by Anna Quindlen.
Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?--IMDB
Please continue using your worksheet to follow the text's character development and interactions before your FINAL TEST on Friday, May 31st!

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