“IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED, THAT A SINGLE MAN IN POSSESSION OF A GOOD FORTUNE MUST BE IN WANT OF A WIFE”: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES BROCK
(BROCK, Charles E., illustrator) AUSTEN, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. London: Macmillan, 1895. Octavo, modern three-quarter crimson calf, retaining original cloth covers with gilt titling, raised bands, uncut.
First edition illustrated by Charles Brock of Jane Austen’s second and most popular novel, with 40 delightful full-page line drawings by Brock, finely bound.
"Elizabeth's own energy and defiance of character respond to Rousseau's and the popular notion of the pliant, submissive female… None of her novels delighted Jane Austen more than Pride and Prejudice… She had given a rare example of fiction as a highly intelligent form… This remains her most popular and widely translated novel" (Honan, 313-20). Illustrator Charles E. Brock was "a specialist in delicate Regency-style period illustration, in the tradition of Hugh Thomson. For over 30 years he was regularly asked to illustrate the favorite literary adult classics of the 19th century" (Dalby, 58).
A lovely illustrated volume in fine condition.