{"product_id":"pride-and-prejudice-9780099589334","title":"Pride and Prejudice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Austen (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16 December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath, then to Southampton and finally to Chawton in Hampshire. She began writing \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called \u003ci\u003eFirst Impressions\u003c\/i\u003e and was initially rejected by the publishers and only published in 1813 after much revision. She published four of her novels in her lifetime, \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e (1811), \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e (1813), \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e (1814) and \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e (1816). Jane Austen died on 18th July 1817. \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e were both published posthumously in 1818.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander McCall Smith (Introducer) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAlexander McCall Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's most prolific and most popular authors. His career has been a varied one: for many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the United Kingdom and abroad. Th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn incredibly funny, very upmarket love story with an enchanting heroine and the perfect romantic hero: a tartar with a heart of gold -- Jilly Cooper\u003cbr\u003eAnother question I've been regularly asked over the past year is what models I had in mind when writing \u003ci\u003eCurious Incident\u003c\/i\u003e. Was it \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e? Was it \u003ci\u003eCatcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e? In fact, the book most often in my mind was \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e -- Mark Haddon\u003cbr\u003eThe wit of Jane Austen has for partner the perfection of her taste * Virginia Woolf *\u003cbr\u003eI am a great admirer of Jane Austen -- Alexander McCall Smith\u003cbr\u003eThe best-loved book by our best-loved novelist * Independent *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732318105943,"sku":"9780099589334","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099589334.jpg?v=1719996391","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pride-and-prejudice-9780099589334","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}