The Malay Archipelago Classics A comedy of manners centering

A comedy of manners centering on the slow-burning romance between the quick-witted Elizabeth Bennet and aristocratic

”—The New York Times Book Review

stripped naked before an entourage

whose guiding principle is playing by the rules

The Malay Archipelago Classics A comedy of manners centeringA work of astounding scope and originality that provides some of the first evidence of the modern theory of evolution. Wallace, a contemporary of Charles Darwin, spent nearly a decade cataloging the plant and animal species which inhabited the unique geographical area of the Malay Archipelago, and remains to this day one of the most extensive works of natural history ever written.