It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
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Jane’s Austen’s delightfully scathing satire on class, pride, and proper behavior is as beloved today as it was when first published in 1813. The long road that the quick-witted, sharp-tongued Elizabeth Bennet and the haughty Darcy travel from mutual disdain to unfulfilled longing and finally to love and marriage is beset with obstacles in the form of Elizabeth’s insufferable mother, irrepressible younger sister, and Darcy’s own secret pain.
In Pride and Prejudice, Austen has captured not only the frivolous sensibilities of early-nineteenth-century provincial England, but also the hearts and minds of anyone who has loved outside of social expectations and aspired to a happiness
beyond mere propriety.
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition™ includes a glossary and reader’s notes to help the modern reader content with Austen's language and characterization.
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Table of Contents
5 Notes
6 Reading Pointers For Sharper Insights
9 Chapter One
13 Chapter Two
17 Chapter Three
21 Chapter Four
25 Chapter Five
29 Chapter Six
35 Chapter Seven
41 Chapter Eight
47 Chapter Nine
51 Chapter Ten
57 Chapter Eleven
61 Chapter Twelve
63 Chapter Thirteen
67 Chapter Fourteen
71 Chapter Fifteen
75 Chapter Sixteen
83 Chapter Seventeen
87 Chapter Eighteen
99 Chapter Nineteen
103 Chapter Twenty
107 Chapter Twenty-One
113 Chapter Twenty-Two
117 Chapter Twenty-Three
121 Chapter Twenty-Four
127 Chapter Twenty-Five
C o n t e n t s
Prideand
Prejudice
131 Chapter Twenty-Six
137 Chapter Twenty-Seven
141 Chapter Twenty-Eight
145 Chapter Twenty-Nine
151 Chapter Thirty
155 Chapter Thirty-One
159 Chapter Thirty-Two
163 Chapter Thirty-Three
169 Chapter Thirty-Four
175 Chapter Thirty-Five
181 Chapter Thirty-Six
187 Chapter Thirty-Seven
191 Chapter Thirty-Eight
195 Chapter Thirty-Nine
199 Chapter Forty
203 Chapter Forty-One
209 Chapter Forty-Two
213 Chapter Forty-Three
223 Chapter Forty-Four
229 Chapter Forty-Five
233 Chapter Forty-Six
239 Chapter Forty-Seven
249 Chapter Forty-Eight
255 Chapter Forty-Nine
261 Chapter Fifty
267 Chapter Fifty-One
273 Chapter Fifty-Two
279 Chapter Fifty-Three
285 Chapter Fifty-Four
289 Chapter Fifty-Five
295 Chapter Fifty-Six
301 Chapter Fifty-Seven
305 Chapter Fifty-Eight
311 Chapter Fifty-Nine
317 Chapter Sixty
321 Chapter Sixty-One
324 Glossary and Vocabulary
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Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness.
Mr. Bennet, owner of the Longbourn estate in Hertfordshire, has five daughters, but his property is entailed and can only be passed to a male heir. His wife also lacks an inheritance, so his family faces becoming very poor upon his death. Thus, it is imperative that at least one of the girls marry well to support the others, which is a motivation that drives the plot.
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