Pride and Prejudice tells the gripping story of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, arguably the most popular fictional couple in English literature. Mr. Bingley, a wealthy bachelor, has moved along with his friend Mr. Darcy in the neighbourhood of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet who have five unmarried daughters. One day Jane, the eldest Bennet girl, pays a visit to Caroline, Mr. Bingley s sister, when caught in a heavy downpour she catches a cold and is forced to stay at Mr. Bingley s. Elizabeth comes to Mr. Bingley s place to nurse her sister where she meets Mr. Darcy and thus begins one of the most enchanting stories ever told.
Set in regency England of early 19th century, Jane Austen s own time, Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners. It was first published in 1813. It has been over two hundred years, yet it is ever growing in popularity. It has also been adapted for stage and film on many occasion
About the Author
One of all time literary favourites, Jane Austen was born at Steventon rectory, England on December 16, 1775. She started writing poems, stories and plays as early as 1787 which she compiled in three bound notebooks. Those early works were later published as Juvenilia. Then, she wrote Lady Susan, a novella in epistolary form. However, it remained unpublished for a long time. Having written Lady Susan, she penned down six novels, four of which were published during her life as follows: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815). Northanger Abbey (1818) and Persuasion (1818) were published posthumously. Two of her novels The Watsons and Sanditon, though published later on, remained unfinished. Austen died on July 18, 1817.
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