Pride and Prejudice is a delicate but telling satire of the English country gentlefolk of the times - and it remains a delightful commentary upon the little foibles of human nature. The book has a beautifully symmetrical plot that rises and falls as inevitably as an ocean wave

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was born at Stevenson, Hampshire. Author of classics like Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, she is one of the most frequently re-read authors of English Literature who provided new dimensions to literary style and narrative art.