Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen’s most famous and widely-read work. Begun in 1796 and initially entitled First Impressions, it was renamed Pride and Prejudice before it was finally published in 1813. Rich with satire, this novel of manners features the five Bennet sisters, daughters of a country gentleman of fading fortune in Hertfordshire. Austen follows the two eldest sisters, Jane and Elizabeth, as they navigate nineteenth-century society—as women without income or high family connections—in their search for security, love, and happy marriages.