Author Description

In a remote Hertfordshire community, the Bennet family has a sensitive enterprise - Mr Bennet must marry off his five young daughters if any of them is to inherit his estate after he has died. So with the arrival of some eligible young men in the neighbourhood, naturally there is excitement. Meg Cabot, the author of The Princess Diaries, introduces the novel, telling what got her hooked on the book. And an information section at the back covers breaking news, fashion, crime and punishment and music from the time when the novel was published.