Human foibles and early nineteenth century manners are satirized in this romantic tale of English family life.
Elizabeth Bennett's early determination to dislike Mr. Darcy is a prejudice only matched by his arrogant pride.
A witty comedy first published in 1813, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, originally titled First Impressions, remains one of the most popular novels of English literature.
The pride of high-ranking Mr Darcy and the prejudice of middle-class Elizabeth Bennet conduct an absorbing dance through the rigid social hierarchies of early-nineteenth-century England, with the passion of the two unlikely lovers growing ...
“I am sure," said she, “I cried for two days together when Colonel Millar's regiment went away. I thought I should have broke my heart." “I am sure I shall break mine,” said Lydia. “If one could but go to Brighton!
Therefore, with no fortune or security of their own, the girls must marry well—and thus is launched the story of spirited and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet and the arrogant and aloof bachelor Mr. Darcy.
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"I am sure," said she, "I cried for two days together when Colonel Millar's regiment went away. I thought I should have broke my heart." "I am sure I shall break mine," said Lydia. "If one could but go to Brighton!