Set in early 19th-century England, Elizabeth Bennet navigates family expectations, social class, and the complicated attentions of Mr. Darcy. Their evolving relationship reveals the dangers of pride and the beauty of understanding and forgiveness. With sharp wit and timeless insight, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice remains one of literature’s most beloved stories about love, integrity, and self-discovery.
Date: 1813 (United Kingdom)
Length: ~448 pages (varies by edition)
Cultural impact: ~20.000.000 copies (estimates)
Genre: Romance, Historical Fiction
"Read again, and for the third time at least, Miss Austen’s very finely written novel of Pride and Prejudice. That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with" — Sir Walter Scott, influential Scottish novelist and poet
"I've been reading Pride and Prejudice on and off all my life and it doesn't wear out a bit" — C.S. Lewis, renowned British author and literary scholar
"Pride and Prejudice is the novel that simply will not die" — The Guardian, leading British newspaper
"In 'Pride and Prejudice', tragedy is held at bay... Jane Austen’s self-enclosed world enveloped me, soothing in its contours and assumptions" — The New York Times, premier American newspaper
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