num_pages: 324
description: The romantic clash of two opinionated young people provides the sustaining theme of Jane Austen's 1813 masterwork Pride and Prejudice. Spirited Elizabeth Bennet is one of a family of five daughters; with no male heir; the Bennet estate must someday pass to their priggish cousin Collins. Therefore, the girls must marry well--and the arrogant bachelor Mr. Darcy is Elizabeth's elusive match. An entertaining portrait of matrimonial rites and rivalries, Pride and Prejudice is timeless in its hilarity and its honesty; readers will immediately understand why Austen herself called the book "my own darling child." Margaret Drabble writes in her incisive introduction: "The elegance of this performance is almost beyond praise."--back cover
language: English
title: Pride and Prejudice
titlecomplete: Pride and Prejudice
characters: Lydia Bennet, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Georgiana Darcy, Mr. William Collins, Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, Jane Bennet, Mary Bennet, Kitty Bennet, Lydia Bennet, Caroline Bingley, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Georgiana Da, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Kitty Bennet, Mrs. Gardiner, Mrs. Bennet, Jane Bennet, Charles Bingley, George Wickham, Mr. Gardiner, Mr. Bennet, Caroline Bingley, Mary Bennet
genres: Fiction, Classics, Historical Romance, Historical, Adult, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Novels, Audiobook
ratings_count: 4067402
places: Derbishire and Hertfordshire, England, England, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Derbyshire, England
publisher: Signet Classic