At least of the dust jacketrs
Austen's Elizabeth Bennet must give up her pride;Actually that would be Mr Darcy. Lizzie's problem is prejudice.
"Actually that would be Mr Darcy. Lizzie's problem is prejudice."
How did I know you would be wrong about that? Lucky guess, or just picking up on a pattern?
"In Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice, the issue of pride is a central one. Both Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are disliked at separate points for their pride--Darcy is described towards the beginning as the "proudest, most disagreeable man in the world (p.7)." At one point Miss Bingley says to Darcy, about Elizabeth, to "endeavor to check that little something, bordering on conceit and impertinence, which your lady possesses." She is referred to as having an "abomidable sort of conceited independance" (p.26); her manners are described by the others as "very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and impertinence"
Very true.
It is possible to love both Jane Austen AND Harry Potter. I belong to an Austen internet community where the webmistresses have set up an entire temp board just to discuss HBP.
Rowling herself loves Austen. She's said it on several occasions. Besides, where else could she have gotten the name "Mrs. Norris" for Filch's cat? Anyone who knows Austen knows that this name fits that cat PERFECTLY.