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CliffsNotes Pride and Prejudice

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Eric Peterson's Cliff Notes for Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" begins with a short life of the author and then introduces the novel by looking at it in the context of both the author's career and her rejection of Romanticism. After a list of the characters and a relatively lengthy synopsis of the novel, Peterson breaks the novel into units of several chapters each for the Summaries and Commentaries section. It should be noted that in this section that the balance is much more to the commentary, which means that the best way of utilizing this little yellow book with the black stripes is to read the commentary after your have read the corresponding sections in "Pride and Prejudice." The General Critique section looks at the novel in terms of values, irony, dialogue, realism and a "criticism" of Austen's writing that will only make sense to those who have actually read her work(s), while the final section on Character Analysis section looks at Elizabeth and Darcy. As far as Cliffs Notes go, this volume does not provide as much background information as you will find in others, but it does work out a clear pattern of analysis for the novel. The final sections are not particularly detailed, so if you are looking for things to mine for your class papers you will be better served to read the novel and pay attention to the commentary sections as you work your way through "Pride and Prejudice."

This "book" was a speck confusing to start with, but i have never used cliff notes before. I recieved an h/b(high b...like a b+) on my report for pride and prejudice. It pointed out things i thought i didn't need to know, but come the test i did. It was a good choice for me, because the real book would not have read in the 1 hour i had before the test. I hope it helps others as well.