Product Description<br/><br/>In this historic romance, young Elizabeth Bennet strives for love, independence and honesty in the vapid high society of 19th century England.<br/><br/>Review<br/><br/>"The wit of Jane Austen has for partner the perfection of her taste."<br/>--Virginia Woolf<br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/>Jane Austen (1775-1817) was modest about her own genius but is one of English literature's greatest and most admired writers. She is the author of Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. Vivien Jones is a senior lecturer in English at the University of Leeds. Tony Tanner was a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and Professor of English and American Literature at the University of Cambridge.