The First Installment

Here is the first of many postings discussing Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

This is an article by Barbara Sherrod, an associate professor at Colorado State University, who discusses the timeless quality of the novel. Sherrod quickly dispells the popular opinion that Austen, like some concurrent works within the romance genre, wrote shallow and uninteresting prose. She proves that Pride and Prejudice, among Austen's other works, set a legitimate criterion for romantic literature that has since become the foundation for a vital avenue of literary exploration. The paper continues to praise the different actions and characters that make Pride and Prejudice the cultural phenomenon that it has become.

Enjoy.

Pride and Prejudice: The Classic Love Story