{"product_id":"9780760344361","title":"Celebrating Pride and Prejudice: 200 Years of Jane Austen's Masterpiece","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure,” Elizabeth Bennet tells Fitzwilliam Darcy in one of countless exhilarating scenes in \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e by Jane Austen\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eThe remembrance of Austen’s brilliant work has given its readers pleasure for 200 years and is certain to do so for centuries to come. The book is incomparable for its wit, humor, and insights into how we think and act—and how our “first impressions” (the book’s initial title) can often be remarkably off-base. All of these facets are explored and commemorated in \u003ci\u003eCelebrating Pride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, written by preeminent Austen scholar Susannah Fullerton. Fullerton delves into what makes \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice \u003c\/i\u003esuch a groundbreaking masterpiece, including the story behind its creation (the first version may have been an epistolary novel written when Austen was only twenty), its reception upon publication, and its tremendous legacy, from the many films and miniseries inspired by the book (such as the 1995 BBC miniseries starring Colin Firth) to the even more numerous “sequels,” adaptations, mash-ups (zombies and vampires and the like), and pieces of merchandise, many of them very bizarre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterspersed throughout are fascinating stories about Austen’s brief engagement (perhaps to the man who inspired the ridiculous Mr. Collins), the “Darcin” pheromone, the ways in which \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice \u003c\/i\u003eserved as bibliotherapy in the World War I trenches, why it caused one famous author to be tempted into thievery, and much more. \u003ci\u003eCelebrating Pride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful celebration of a book that has had an immeasurable influence on literature and on anyone who has had the good fortune to discover it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Voyageur Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020280217840,"sku":"9780760344361","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780760344361_p0.jpg?v=1763639211","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780760344361","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}