Pride and Prejudice - Fine Edition Author:Jane Austen For many readers 'Pride and Prejudice' is the perfect comic novel, for others it is a sharp critique of social and personal prejudices, and for almost everyone it makes the perfectly formed romance: no other English novel is as popular, and a World Book Day survey voted it readers' most precious book of all. This beautiful clothbound edition is ... more »part of a series of readers' best-loved classics published in fine volumes, and produced to the highest standards for under GBP20: making an affordable luxury. Instead of a dust jacket, the decorated cloth covers have a printed illustration wrapping around the book. The cover illustration has been specially commissioned from a leading illustrator. This edition of Pride and Prejudice also has coloured page tops, decorated endpapers, meticulous line-by-line typesetting and thick acid-free paper are among the elements that differ from standard hardbacks, so these editions embody the virtues of a good book. The result is quality of design and production that adds to the pleasure of reading and makes each book a desirable object in itself. For anyone interested in a fine edition of a favourite work, this is an attractive volume for the bookshelf or an authentic and distinctive present.« less