THE MOST POPULAR BOOK IN ENGLAND
Today we would like to recommend Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1775-1817). You can find an abridged version in our library, in the section of books written in English. We have chosen to introduce you to this novel since recently it was chosen to be the most popular book in England. The first lines of the book are so well-known in England as our " En un lugar de la Mancha....": "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune , must be in want of a wife" But what is this book about? Elizabeth Bennet and her sister Jane are young, beautiful and intelligent. When wealthy bachelor Charles Bingley arrives in the neighbourhood, he and Jane are immediately attracted to each other. His friend, Mr Darcy, handsome, rich but arrogant is impressed by Elizabeth but she does not return his feelings, at least at first. But the Bennet girls are not so rich - a social disadvantage in the soci