Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen

Jane Austen's classic tale of love and economics which is written with wit and humor.

This is the story of the Bennet family. Mr. Bennet has five daughters, whom Mrs. Bennet makes it her life's work to see married off, hopefully advantageously. Because Mr. Bennet had no sons his estate is to be entailed off to a cousin upon his death. If this should happen his wife and children will be cast out. This gives Mrs. Bennet all the more reason to actively pursue matchmaking for her girls. This is a time when love was not a high priority when choosing a partner. Status in life was everything. But at least a couple of the Bennet girls are of the romantic sort and will only marry for love, much to the disappointment and vexation of their mother.

When a wealthy single man moves into the community with his even more wealthy friend, the entire Bennet family's life gets turned upside down.

The Most Recent Versions Of The
Pride & Prejudice Movies

Lizzy is the darling on her father's eye and his favorite among his five daughters. Her intelligence and quick wit have kept him in good company all these years spent in a house full of women, whose main interests are attending balls and gossip. Lizzy defies the status of her birth as well as her mother and refuses to marry for money; instead, she holds out for love.

The dark and brooding Mr Darcy is highborn and has all the attitudes and superiority that comes with it. He is brought to the country by his good friend Mr Bingley whose good nature and honesty he regards highly. Mr Darcy finds little of value in the bucolic setting of the country until Lizzy piques his interest with her wit and fiery spirit.

About Jane Austen

According to wikipedia

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction set among the gentry have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature. Amongst scholars and critics, Austen's realism and biting social commentary have cemented her historical importance as a writer.

Austen lived her entire life as part of a close-knit family located on the lower fringes of the English gentry. She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers as well as through her own reading. The steadfast support of her family was critical to Austen's development as a professional writer. Austen's artistic apprenticeship lasted from her teenage years until she was about thirty-five years old. During this period, she experimented with various literary forms, including the epistolary novel which she tried and then abandoned, and wrote and extensively revised three major novels and began a fourth. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon, but died before completing it. (more ...)

According to wikipedia

Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen It was begun in 1796; it was her second attempt at a novel and one of three-Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey-requiring 12 years or more to bring to publication. She finished the original manuscript by 1797 in Steventon, Hampshire, where she lived with her parents and siblings in the town rectory. Austen originally called the story First Impressions, but it was never published under that title; instead, she made extensive revisions to the manuscript, then retitled and eventually published it as Pride and Prejudice. In renaming the novel, Austen may have had in mind the final chapter of Fanny Burney's Cecilia, itself called "Pride and Prejudice", where the phrase appears three times in block capitals. (She may also have been concerned that the original title might be confused with other works.) (more ...)

Alternate Ways Of Enjoying Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice

The Pride And Prejudice Quiz

Costumes To Help You Live The Drama

Other Jane Austen Classics