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{{Short description|1813 novel by Jane Austen}} {{about|the novel}} {{Use British English|date=February 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{infobox book | name = Pride and Prejudice | image = PrideAndPrejudiceTitlePage.jpg | caption = Title page of the first edition, 1813 | author = [[Jane Austen]] | country = United Kingdom | title_working = First Impressions | language = English | publisher = [[Thomas Egerton (publisher)|T. Egerton]], Whitehall | set_in = [[Hertfordshire]]<br/>[[Derbyshire]]<br/>[[Kent]]<br/>[[London]] | release_date = 28 January 1813 | media_type = Print (hardback, 3 volumes), digitalized | oclc = 38659585 | preceded_by = [[Sense and Sensibility]] | followed_by = [[Mansfield Park]] | dewey = 823.7 | congress = PR4034 .P7 | genre = [[Regency romance|Classic Regency novel]] <br />[[Romance novel]] | wikisource = Pride and Prejudice }} [[File:Chapter 01 - Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen.ogg|thumb|right|LibriVox recording by Karen Savage.]] '''''Pride and Prejudice''''' is the second novel by English author [[Jane Austen]], published in 1813. A [[novel of manners]], it follows the character development of [[Elizabeth Bennet]], the [[protagonist]] of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. [[Mr Bennet]], owner of the Longbourn estate in [[Hertfordshire]], has five daughters, but his property is [[entailed]] and can only be passed to a male heir. His wife lacks an inheritance, so his family faces becoming poor upon his death. Thus, it is imperative that at least one of the daughters marry well to support the others, which is a primary motivation driving the plot. ''Pride and Prejudice'' has consistently appeared near the top of lists of "most-loved books" among literary scholars and the reading public. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, with over 20 million copies sold, and has inspired many derivatives in modern literature.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/dvd/reviews/article_1475660.php/Pride_and_Prejudice_%E2%80%93_Blu-ray_Review |title=Monstersandcritics.com |date=7 May 2009 |publisher=Monstersandcritics.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026154330/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/dvd/reviews/article_1475660.php/Pride_and_Prejudice_%E2%80%93_Blu-ray_Review |archive-date=26 October 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=27 January 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/austen-power-200-years-of-pride-and-prejudice-8454448.html |title=Austen power: 200 years of Pride and Prejudice |date=19 January 2013 |website=The Independent |access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref> For more than a century, dramatic adaptations, reprints, unofficial sequels, films, and TV versions of ''Pride and Prejudice'' have portrayed the memorable characters and themes of the novel, reaching mass audiences.<ref>{{cite book |last=Looser |first=Devoney |title=The Making of Jane Austen |location=Baltimore, MD |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]] |year=2017 |page=76 |isbn=978-1421422824}}</ref>
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