Pride and Prejudice

<b>From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers—featuring cover art by type superstar Jessica Hische </b><br><br> It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and gift-worthy hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet by superstar type designer Jessica Hische, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's film <i>Moonrise Kingdom</i> to Penguin's own bestsellers <i>Committed </i>and<i>Rules of Civility</i>. A collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley,  the series design encompasses foil-stamped paper-over-board cases in a rainbow-hued spectrum across all twenty-six book spines and a decorative stain on all three paper edges. Penguin Drop Caps debuts with an “A” for Jane Austen’s <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, a “B” for Charlotte Brontë’s <i>Jane Eyre</i>, and a “C” for Willa Cather’s <i>My Ántonia</i>, and continues with more classics from Penguin.<br><br><b>A is for Austen.</b> Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen’s beloved classic <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>. Elizabeth’s early determination to dislike Mr. Darcy is a prejudice only matched by the folly of his arrogant pride. Their first impressions give way to true feelings in a comedy profoundly concerned with happiness and how it might be achieved.