A wonderful character study and a lovely read with a romance between two uncommonly portrayed characters--particularly the strong and independent-minded Elizabeth Bennet. Perfect for girls who want a challenging read, enjoy strong female characters, understand wit, and love a well constructed story.

The version I read was a DK Illustrated Classics edition where the side borders had a slim close-up cut-out of a picture so that an early high school student would not become overwhelmed by so much text. Unfamiliar words were bold-faced and defined at the bottom of the page (giving familiarity to this format for future Shakespeare plays). Intermittently, there were two-page blurbs on a historically significant subject in the Nineteenth Century.