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Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen1813

Wit, Regency ballrooms, and the slow-burn that defined every slow-burn after.

Portrait of Elizabeth BennetElizabethPortrait of Fitzwilliam DarcyDarcyPortrait of Jane BennetJanePortrait of Charles BingleyBingleyPortrait of Mr. BennetBennetPortrait of Mrs. BennetBennetPortrait of Lydia BennetLydia
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Pride and Prejudice, illustrated page 1: It is a truth universally acknowledged…
It is a truth universally acknowledged…
…that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood…
…this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families…
…that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
Pride and Prejudice, illustrated page 2: One day, at Longbourn.
One day, at Longbourn.
He had not.
Have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?
But it is.
Mrs. Long has just been here.
Do not you want to know who has taken it?
You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.
Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England.
Pride and Prejudice, illustrated page 3: Bingley.
Bingley.
Is he married or single?
Oh! single, my dear, to be sure!
A single man of large fortune.
What a fine thing for our girls!
How so? how can it affect them?
I am thinking of his marrying one of them.
Is that his design in settling here?
Pride and Prejudice, illustrated page 4: Design! nonsense, how can you talk so!
Design! nonsense, how can you talk so!
But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them…
…and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.
I see no occasion for that.
You take delight in vexing me.
You have no compassion on my poor nerves.
I have a high respect for your nerves.
They are my old friends.
When there are twenty, I will visit them all.
Pride and Prejudice, illustrated page 5: Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour…
Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour…
…reserve, and caprice, that the experience of three and twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character.
Her mind was less difficult to develope.
She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.
When she was discontented she fancied herself nervous.
The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.
Pride and Prejudice, illustrated page 6: Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley.
Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley.
He had always intended to visit him.
Though to the last always assuring his wife that he should not go.
Till the evening after the visit was paid, she had no knowledge of it.
Pride and Prejudice, illustrated page 7: Elizabeth was trimming a hat.
Elizabeth was trimming a hat.
I hope Mr. Bingley will like it, Lizzy.
We are not in a way to know what Mr. Bingley likes.
But we shall meet him at the assemblies.
Mrs. Long has promised to introduce him.
I do not believe Mrs. Long will do any such thing.
She is a selfish, hypocritical woman.
I am glad to find that you do not depend on her serving you.
Pride and Prejudice, illustrated page 8: Stop coughing, Kitty, for heaven's sake!
Stop coughing, Kitty, for heaven's sake!
Have some pity on my nerves.
You tear them to pieces.
Kitty has no discretion in her coughs…
…she times them badly.
I do not cough for my own amusement.
When is your next ball, Lizzy?
Tomorrow fortnight.
Aye, so it is.
Mrs. Long returns only the day before…
…so she cannot introduce him.
Pride and Prejudice, illustrated page 12: The ladies were astonished, just as he wished.
The ladies were astonished, just as he wished.
Mrs. Bennet most of all.
The first tumult of joy passed.
Then she declared she had expected it all along.
Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you chuse.
What an excellent father you have, girls.
I am not afraid; for though I am the youngest, I'm the tallest.

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About Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is a domestic fiction and love story centered on courtship, family expectations, and the social world of young women in England. The book steps into the Bennet household, where Mr. and Mrs. Bennet’s five daughters make marriage a constant subject of conversation. The arrival of Mr. Bingley, a wealthy young man settling nearby, quickly sets the neighbourhood speculating about eligible matches. At a public assembly, agreeable manners, beauty, wealth, and social conduct are carefully observed and judged, while Elizabeth Bennet’s quickness gives the family conversations particular sparkle. The novel’s social setting makes ordinary visits, introductions, dances, and rumours feel consequential.

Austen’s prose is polished, brisk, and sharply observant, with elegant narration balanced by lively dialogue. Its humour often emerges through understatement, irony, teasing, and the contrast between what characters believe about themselves and how they appear to others. Written in the early nineteenth century, it reflects a period when family standing, fortune, propriety, and marriage strongly shaped women’s prospects. It will appeal to readers who enjoy character-driven fiction, social comedy, romantic tension, sisterly and family relationships, and finely drawn conversations.

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