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Pride and Prejudice
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Pride and Prejudice (1813) (edit title/settings)

by Jane Austen (Author) (edit contributors)

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The proud and wealthy Mr. Darcy and spirited Elizabeth Bennet dislike each other at first sight. While Elizabeth's mother schemes for suitable husbands for her five daughters, his pride and her prejudice just might keep them apart. At the same time, Elizabeth's sister, Jane, and Mr. Bingley... read more

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The news that a wealthy young gentleman named Charles Bingley has rented the manor of Netherfield Park causes a great stir in the nearby village of Longbourn, especially at the Bennet household. The Bennets have five unmarried daughters—from oldest to youngest, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The news that a wealthy young gentleman named Charles Bingley has rented the manor of Netherfield Park causes a great stir in the nearby village of Longbourn, especially at the Bennet household. The Bennets have five unmarried daughters—from oldest to youngest, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia—and Mrs. Bennet is desperate to see them all married. After Mr. Bennet pays a social visit to Mr. Bingley, the Bennets attend a ball at which Mr. Bingley is present. He is taken with Jane and spends much of the evening dancing with her. His close friend, Mr. Darcy, is less pleased with the evening and haughtily refuses to dance with Elizabeth, which makes everyone view him as arrogant and obnoxious.

At social functions over subsequent weeks, however, Mr. Darcy finds himself increasingly attracted to Elizabeth’s charm and intelligence. Jane’s friendship with Mr. Bingley also continues to burgeon, and Jane pays a visit to the Bingley mansion. On her journey to the house she is caught in a downpour and catches ill, forcing her to stay at Netherfield for several days. In order to tend to Jane, Elizabeth hikes through muddy fields and arrives with a spattered dress, much to the disdain of the snobbish Miss Bingley, Charles Bingley’s sister. Miss Bingley’s spite only increases when she notices that Darcy, whom she is pursuing, pays quite a bit of attention to Elizabeth.

When Elizabeth and Jane return home, they find Mr. Collins visiting their household. Mr. Collins is a young clergyman who stands to inherit Mr. Bennet’s property, which has been “entailed,” meaning that it can only be passed down to male heirs. Mr. Collins is a pompous fool, though he is quite enthralled by the Bennet girls. Shortly after his arrival, he makes a proposal of marriage to Elizabeth. She turns him down, wounding his pride. Meanwhile, the Bennet girls have become friendly with militia officers stationed in a nearby town. Among them is Wickham, a handsome young soldier who is friendly toward Elizabeth and tells her how Darcy cruelly cheated him out of an inheritance.

At the beginning of winter, the Bingleys and Darcy leave Netherfield and return to London, much to Jane’s dismay. A further shock arrives with the news that Mr. Collins has become engaged to Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth’s best friend and the poor daughter of a local knight. Charlotte explains to Elizabeth that she is getting older and needs the match for financial reasons. Charlotte and Mr. Collins get married and Elizabeth promises to visit them at their new home. As winter progresses, Jane visits the city to see friends (hoping also that she might see Mr. Bingley). However, Miss Bingley visits her and behaves rudely, while Mr. Bingley fails to visit her at all. The marriage prospects for the Bennet girls appear bleak.

That spring, Elizabeth visits Charlotte, who now lives near the home of Mr. Collins’s patron, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who is also Darcy’s aunt. Darcy calls on Lady Catherine and encounters Elizabeth, whose presence leads him to make a number of visits to the Collins’s home, where she is staying. One day, he makes a shocking proposal of marriage, which Elizabeth quickly refuses. She tells Darcy that she considers him arrogant and unpleasant, then scolds him for steering Bingley away from Jane and disinheriting Wickham. Darcy leaves her but shortly thereafter delivers a letter to her. In this letter, he admits that he urged Bingley to distance himself from Jane, but claims he did so only because he thought their romance was not serious. As for Wickham, he informs Elizabeth that the young officer is a liar and that the real cause of their disagreement was Wickham’s attempt to elope with his young sister, Georgiana Darcy.

This letter causes Elizabeth to reevaluate her feelings about Darcy. She returns home and acts coldly toward Wickham. The militia is leaving town, which makes the younger, rather man-crazy Bennet girls distraught. Lydia manages to obtain permission from her father to spend the summer with an old colonel in Brighton, where Wickham’s regiment will be stationed. With the arrival of June, Elizabeth goes on another journey, this time with the Gardiners, who are relatives of the Bennets. The trip takes her to the North and eventually to the neighborhood of Pemberley, Darcy’s estate. She visits Pemberley, after making sure that Darcy is away, and delights in the building and grounds, while hearing from Darcy’s servants that he is a wonderful, generous master. Suddenly, Darcy arrives and behaves cordially toward her. Making no mention of his proposal, he entertains the Gardiners and invites Elizabeth to meet his sister.

Shortly thereafter, however, a letter arrives from home, telling Elizabeth that Lydia has eloped with Wickham and that the couple is nowhere to be found, which suggests that they may be living together out of wedlock. Fearful of the disgrace such a situation would bring on her entire family, Elizabeth hastens home. Mr. Gardiner and Mr. Bennet go off to search for Lydia, but Mr. Bennet eventually returns home empty-handed. Just when all hope seems lost, a letter comes from Mr. Gardiner saying that the couple has been found and that Wickham has agreed to marry Lydia in exchange for an annual income. The Bennets are convinced that Mr. Gardiner has paid off Wickham, but Elizabeth learns that the source of the money, and of her family’s salvation, was none other than Darcy.

Now married, Wickham and Lydia return to Longbourn briefly, where Mr. Bennet treats them coldly. They then depart for Wickham’s new assignment in the North of England. Shortly thereafter, Bingley returns to Netherfield and resumes his courtship of Jane. Darcy goes to stay with him and pays visits to the Bennets but makes no mention of his desire to marry Elizabeth. Bingley, on the other hand, presses his suit and proposes to Jane, to the delight of everyone but Bingley’s haughty sister. While the family celebrates, Lady Catherine de Bourgh pays a visit to Longbourn. She corners Elizabeth and says that she has heard that Darcy, her nephew, is planning to marry her. Since she considers a Bennet an unsuitable match for a Darcy, Lady Catherine demands that Elizabeth promise to refuse him. Elizabeth spiritedly refuses, saying she is not engaged to Darcy, but she will not promise anything against her own happiness. A little later, Elizabeth and Darcy go out walking together and he tells her that his feelings have not altered since the spring. She tenderly accepts his proposal, and both Jane and Elizabeth are married.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Elizabeth Bennet: Main character, and protagonist. Also called Lizzy and Eliza. The novel is predominantly focused around her experiences. She is the second of the Bennet daughters and at 21-years-old, she is intelligent, lively, attractive and witty, but with a key character flaw — a prejudice against pride. She enjoys laughing and is her father's favorite daughter.
  • Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Male protagonist. Rich and handsome, but seems to have horrible manners. His "good opinion once lost is lost forever." Much more than what his first impression reveals.
  • Mr. Charles Bingley: A good-natured man with charming manners, Mr. Bingley is the master of Netherfield Park and the longtime friend of Mr. Darcy. He is easily swayed by those around him and trusts the judgment of others over his own desires.
  • Jane Bennet: The eldest, as well as the most beautiful and amiable of the Bennet sisters.
  • Mrs. Bennet: Ridiculous mother of the five Bennet girls whose main purpose in life is to ensure prosperous marriages for each of her daughters.
  • Mr. Bennet: Plain spoken father of the five Bennet girls. He finds much amusement in their, and his wife's, silliness.
  • Lydia Bennet: The youngest of the Bennet girls. A flirtatious and impulsive 15 year old.
  • George Wickham: A young soldier in the militia. A childhood friend of Darcy's until they fall out soon after Darcy's father's death. He attempts to runs away with Darcy's sister for her money. He eventually marries Lydia after Darcy pays him to.
  • Catherine Bennet: The second youngest Bennet. Closest with her sister, Lydia. Most often called "Kitty"
  • Sir William Lucas: The father of Charlotte Lucas.
  • Maria Lucas: Charlotte's younger sister. Is friends with Kitty.
  • Mary Bennet: The middle Bennet sister. Loves reading books and playing the piano- the first at which she excels, the second at which she fails.
  • Colonel Fitzwilliam: Mr Darcy's cousin, and very charming with easy manners.
  • Mr. Gardiner: Mrs. Bennet's brother.
  • Anne de Bourgh: Frail daughter of Lady Catherine. Very proud.
  • Mrs. Gardiner: Mr. Gardiner's wife.
  • Mr. Hurst: Bingley's brother-in-law.
  • Mrs. Louisa Hurst: Bingley's sister.
  • Caroline Bingley: Sister to Mr. Bingley. Wishes to many a man with money, particularly Mr. Darcy.
  • Mrs. Phillips: Mrs. Bennet's sister; she is equal to her sister in both manners and sensibility.
  • Colonel Forester: A colonel that arrived to Meryton along with the regiment.
  • Mrs. Lucas: Mother of Charlotte Lucas, Maria Lucas and their siblings.
  • Hill: The Bennet's housekeeper
  • Sir Lewis de Bourgh: The late husband of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
  • Lady Anne Darcy: Fitzwilliam Darcy's mother and sister of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
  • Mr. Denny: Friend of Wickham
  • Mr. Phillips: Uncle of the Miss. Bennets; an attorney.
  • Miss Mary King: One whom Mr. George Wickham considers for marriage.
  • Mrs. Jenkinson: Lives with Lady Catherine and family at Rosings.
  • Miss. Pope: The one recommended by Lady Catherine in order to help Mrs. Jenkinson.
  • Mrs. Younge: Was once Miss. Darcy's governess.
  • Mrs. Harriet Forster: Wife of Colonel Forster
  • Pratt: The one who accompanied Mr. Denny and Mr. Wickham along with a few others to the party at Mrs. Forster's.
  • Colonel Miller: When Mrs. Bennet was young, Colonel Miller's regiment left the town, which had left her crying.
  • Mrs. Reynolds: Housekeeper at the Pemberley House.
  • Mrs. Annesley: The lady with whom Miss. Bingley lived in London.
  • John: The servant at the Derbyshire Inn
  • Sarah: Housemaid to the Bennets.
  • Charlotte Lucas: Very close friend and neighbor to Elizabeth.
  • Mr. Collins: Cousin to the Bennet girls. As Mr. Bennet's heir, he is to inherit their house, and therefore thinks it best that he marries one of his cousins. He is a minster.
  • Georgiana Darcy: Younger sister to Mr. Darcy. Shy but pretty and very accomplished.
  • Lady Catherine de Bourgh: Darcy's aunt, Mr. Collins' patroness. She is sister to Mr. Darcy's mother.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”
  • “Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
    Mary Bennet
  • “Nothing is more deceitful ... than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.”
    Fitzwilliam Darcy
  • “You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged.”
  • “To yield readily - easily - to the persuasion of a friend is no merit... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either.”
  • “I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little yielding - certainly too little for the convenience of the world. I cannot forget the follies and vices of other so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself. My feelings are not puffed about with every attempt to move them. My temper would perhaps be called resentful. My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.”
    Fitzwilliam Darcy
  • “There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil - a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.”
    Fitzwilliam Darcy
  • “It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study?”
  • “There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”
  • “Mr. Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man; you know he is, as well as I do; and you must feel, as well as I do, that the woman who married him cannot have a proper way of thinking.”
    Elizabeth Bennet
  • “My fingers ... do not move over this instrument in the masterly manner which I see so many women's do. They have not the same force or rapidity, and do not produce the same expression. But then I have always supposed it to be my own fault- because I would not take the trouble of practising.”
    Elizabeth Bennet
  • “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?”
  • “"An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do."”
    Mr. Bennet
  • “"What are men to rocks and mountains?"”
  • “"Is it not general incivility the very essence of love?"”
  • “I thank you for my share of the favour, but I do not particularly like your way of getting husbands.”
    Elizabeth Bennet
  • “I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.”
    Elizabeth Bennet
  • “Vanity, not love, has been my folly”
  • “but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement”
  • “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment.”
  • “I am the happiest creature in theworld. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not onewith such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she onlysmiles, I laugh. Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the worldthat he can spare from me.”
    Elizabeth Bennet
  • “He listened to her with perfect indifference while she chose to entertain herself in this manner, and as his composure convinced her that all was safe, her wit flowed long.”
  • “The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of allhuman characters”
    Elizabeth Bennet
  • “An unhappy alternative lies before you, Elizabeth. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”
    Mr. Bennett
  • “You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy. The mode of your declaration merely spared me any concern I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentleman-like manner. You could not have made me the offer of your hand in any possible way that would have tempted me to accept it. From the very beginning your manners impressed me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. I had not known you a month before I felt you were the last man in the world whom I could ever marry!”
    Elizabeth Bennet
  • “I have not the pleasure of understanding you.”
    Mr. Bennett
  • “It may perhaps be pleasant to be able to impose on the public in such a case; bit it is sometimes a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and it will then be but poor consolation to believe the world equally in the dark. There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost every attachment, that it is not safe to leave any to itself. We can all begin freely-a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement. In nine cases out of ten a woman had better show more affection than she feels.”
    Charlotte
  • “Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.”
    Charlotte
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

19th century England
  • Longbourn: Home of the Bennett Family
  • Netherfield: Mr. Bingley's Home
  • Lucas Lodge: Home to neighbors of the Bennetts
  • Hunsford, near Westerham, Kent: Home to Mr. and Mrs. Collins
  • Rosings: Home of Lady Cathering de Bourgh
  • Hertfordshire, England: A county north of London where Longburn, Lucas Lodge and Netherfield are located.
  • Pemberly: Home of Fitzwilliam Darcy and his sister, Georgiana.
  • Meryton: Home to Elizabeth's uncle who was an attorney.
  • Gracechurch Street: The place where the Gardiner's lived.
  • Grosvenor Street: The place where Miss. Jane Bennet meets Miss. Bingley while her stay at Mrs. Gardiner's.
  • London
  • Derbyshire: The place where Elizabeth goes for a holiday along with the Gardiners.
  • Parsonage: A church house; Home to Mr. & Mrs. Collins in the neighborhood of Rosings.
  • Ramsgate: The place to which Miss. Georgiana Darcy goes.
  • Bromley: The place where Lady Catherine suggests Miss. Elizabeth Bennet and Miss. Maria Lucas to change their horses while on their journey back home from Hunsford to Hertfordshire.
  • Brighton: The place where the Bennets plan to go for a summer holiday.
  • Liverpool: The place where Miss. Mary King's uncle lived.
  • Lambton: Mrs. Gardiner's prior residence.
  • much
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First Sentence edit see section history

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Volume I: Chapters 1-23
Volume II: Chapters 24-42
Volume III: Chapters 43-61

Glossary edit see section history

  • Chaise and four: A lightweight carriage pulled by four horses
  • Michaelmas: The feast of Saint Michael the Archangel is a day in the Western Christian calendar which occurs on 29 September.
  • Vingt-un: A card game, similar to the American game twenty-one.
  • tête-à-tête: A French phrase for a private conversation between two people.
  • panegyric: a formal public speech, or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing
  • probity: having integrity or strong moral convictions
  • se'nnight: an archaic term meaning "week", referring to a length of time spanning seven days and seven nights
  • laity: individuals who are not members of any specific profession or specialized field; laypeople - commonly used by clergy in reference to their respective congregations
  • Entailment: Part of English Common Law where the inheritance of land is strictly limited. Once land is set up as entailed, it may not be sold or willed. The entailed land is considered not owned by the residing individual, but held for the extended family over the generations. Once the owner dies, there is a strict set of rules on how the land will pass to the next generation. The estate that Elizabeth Bennett lives with her family is ‘entailed’ meaning that Elizabeth’s father cannot bequeath his estate to his daughters. It must, by law, be bequeathed to the next closest male relative, Mr. Collins, Elizabeth’s cousin. While Elizabeth’s family enjoys a upper-middle class existence, Mr. Bennett cannot leave his estate to his wife or any of his daughters. It is therefore important that the daughters marry into wealth.
  • shoe-roses: A "shoe-rose" is a piece of shoelace or ribbon tied in a rosette pattern, and worn on one's shoe-front.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Love: This novel is the declaration of independence of true romance in an unjust society. The costitution that promises people may not be judged without due process. This will forever prevent us from entering into an unromantic union. May we never be too poor to be romantic.
  • Social mobility: In the novel if you are of lower wealth then therefore you are of lower rank in society. The rich overlook the poor and see them as unimportant enough to converse with. Much as you see Mr. Collins trying to get on the good side of Mr.Darcy only because of his high stature you see the true humility of the social classes at this time. If you were not rich you basically were kept to but a minimal life with few social interaction and little adventure. Luckily for Miss Elizabeth Bennet she proves that true class is not obtained from the clothes you wear or the materrialistic objects you possess but by wearing your heart on your sleeve and treating everyone as equal. This is why she misconceives Mr. Darcy at first impression. Her rich person stereotypes forever spoiled their realtionship at first glance. But as you see his true benevolence you the reader, as well as Elizabeth begin to understand that only the true rich people are willing to share the wealth and not change their demeanor just because of an unbearable pride. Love emerges from the irony of social mobility at the time. We see Jane and Bingley's union is in jeopardy as is the theme of social mobility and class.
  • Marriage: " Some of us cannot afford to be romantic" I'm not sure if this is a quote from teh book exactly but this is how Charlotte Lucas's character says this in the movie but I have read the book mind you. This statement here proves to be true for the relationship of Lucas and Collins. But Collins as we all know is a conceited, pompous man who looks only to get social mobility in the most humilious nature. Lydia and Wickham was another untrue marriage. Because he was in the military and had a sort of fame in societ this attrated Lydia. Yet she has no idea of the man inside the uniform. He is just paying his debt to society because he was not so very moral in his younger hours. Lydia is a fool and accepts a man she has no real understanding of and just wishes to boast of how she was the first sister to marry. Marriage should not be so sudden. Especially as you hardly understand your partner. And this union also puts the Bennets in a compromising position. " We are all fools in love" Another quote that explains the relationship that erupt from this novel. The only true union happens to be the one were the two parties had a boiling dislike for another at first glance. How ironic? It was always supposed to be Elizabeth and Darcy. But their minds were soiled with the idea that truel love didn't exist and that the rich were too selish and arrogant to even know love. The idea that the less wealthy were too modest and refined to look for the one who stands out among the rest. Marriage should be an equal passion on both sides and formed when both paties have learned to love each other, accept each other's flaws, and blend together to rectify these flaws. True love is out there and Darcy and Elizabeth have proved it.
  • The Title: "Pride and Prejudice". This title in of it self, is Jane Austen's hint to the reader about the characteristics of her two main characters, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth, "Pride" and Mr. Darcy, "Prejudice". Elizabeth is extremely proud throughout the story which at times makes her seem conceited; though this mistaken characteristic is just really her overconfidence in herself. On the other hand when tried by Mr. Bingley's sisters Elizabeth's quick tongue is what causes a strong resentment between them. While Mr. Darcy is always prejudice against everything. Its this stuborness, for lack of a better word, that stops him from ever experiencing different things. It also hurts him when he starts to realize he might be in love, and in his cowardence that is masqueraded by a pigheadedness that really hurts his realtionships with others.
  • Coming of Age: Describe this theme.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 7 of 94 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2011). (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Lord of the Rings, and followed by Life of Pi.

This is book 22 of 100 in AAR Top 100 Romances 2004. (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Grand Sophy, and followed by The Bride.

This is book 13 of 100 in AAR Top 100 Romances 2000. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Nobody's Baby But Mine, and followed by One Perfect Rose.

This book is in Readers Digest Press. (edition-based publisher list)
This is book 12 of 105 in AAR Top 100 Romances 1998. (authoritative list)
This is book 19 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2011). (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Catcher in the Rye, and followed by The Lovely Bones.

This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This book is in Heritage Press. (edition-based publisher list)
This book is in Random Synapses: 100 Book Challenge (2011). (community list)
This book is in Arcturus Paperback Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
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This is book 18 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2011). (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Catcher in the Rye, and followed by The Lovely Bones.

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This is book 4 of 100 in AAR Top 100 Romances 2010. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Devil in Winter, and followed by Outlander.

This is book 19 of 194 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2010). (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Lovely Bones, and followed by A Thousand Splendid Suns.

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This is book 19 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2010). (authoritative list)

Preceded by A Thousand Splendid Suns, and followed by The Lovely Bones.

This is book 41 of 91 in The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time, 2004. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Three Novels by Samuel Beckett, and followed by The Scarlet Letter.

This is book 1 of 95 in Telegraph Top 100 Books, 2008. (authoritative list)

Followed by The Lord of the Rings.

This is book 24 of 109 in Top 109 Romance Novels (TheRomanceReader.com). (community list)

Preceded by The Rake, and followed by Bewitching.

This is book 3 of 100 in AAR Top 100 Romances 2007. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Dreaming of You, and followed by Outlander.

This is book 2 of 196 in BBC 'Big Read' Top 200 Novels, 2003. (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Lord of the Rings, and followed by His Dark Materials Boxed Set.

This is book 9 of 96 in Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List. (authoritative list)

Followed by The Divine Comedy.

This is book 3 of 9 in Ten Essential Penguin Classics. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Jane Eyre, and followed by The Odyssey.

This is book 938 of 1271 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Mansfield Park, and followed by The Absentee.

This book is in World Book Night 2012. (authoritative list)
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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jane Austen (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Donald Gray
  2. Joseph Pearce
  3. Maria Francisca Ferreira de Lima (Translator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: T. Egerton, Whitehall
Country: England
Publication Date: January 28, 1813
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 256

Classification edit see section history

  • Copyright Status: Public Domain
  • Library of Congress: PR4034.P720
  • Dewey: 823.7

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

May be a bit challenging for some young adults; it is advised to become familiar with the book's time period beforehand.

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

Movie Connections edit see section history

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More Books Like This edit see section history

   
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Books Influenced by This Book edit see section history

   
  • Bridget Jones's Diary
  • I Capture the Castle
  • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
  • Prada & Prejudice
  • The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet
  • Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife
  • The Darcys & The Bingleys
  • The Plight of the Darcy Brothers
  • Mr. Darcy's Great Escape
  • Enthusiasm
  • An Assembly Such as This
  • These Three Remain
  • Duty and Desire
  • Colonel Fitzwilliam's Correspondence (A Taste)
  • The Darcys of Pemberley: The Continuing Story of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
  • Darcy's Temptation: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
  • The Truth about Mr. Darcy
  • Darcy's Story
  • Pride and Prescience
  • Suspense And Sensibility
  • North By Northanger
  • The Matters at Mansfield
  • Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy
  • My Dearest Mr. Darcy
  • Loving Mr. Darcy: Journeys Beyond Pemberley
  • In the Arms of Mr. Darcy
  • The trouble with Mr Darcy
  • Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy
  • Conquering Mr. Darcy
  • Mr. Darcy's Obsession
  • What Would Mr. Darcy Do?
  • Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife
  • Mr. Darcy's Decision: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
  • Mr. Darcy, Vampyre
  • Wickham's Diary
  • Mr. Darcy's Diary
  • The Darcys of Pemberley: The Continuing Story of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
  • Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure

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