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What if the person you judge most harshly is the one you most need to understand?
In the English countryside, Elizabeth Bennet wants a marriage built on respect. Her mother wants husbands for all five daughters before their home passes to a male cousin. When Elizabeth meets the wealthy, reserved Mr Darcy at a country dance, their first impressions leave little room for affection.
Around them, Jane Bennet hopes for happiness with the friendly Charles Bingley, while the charming George Wickham offers Elizabeth another reason to distrust Darcy. Money, rank and family expectations press against private feelings. Jane Austen turns these tensions into a sharp comedy about how readily people mistake confidence for clear judgment.
What you’ll discover
- A mind worth meeting Elizabeth’s wit and independence make every clash with social expectations a pleasure to follow.
- Attraction against resistance Watch Elizabeth and Darcy struggle with feelings that challenge their judgments of each other.
- Marriage with real stakes Behind the talk of suitable husbands lie money, rank and the Bennet sisters’ uncertain future.
- Comedy in every courtesy Meet anxious Mrs Bennet, mocking Mr Bennet and Mr Collins, full of flattery and self-importance.
- The limits of first impressions Share Elizabeth’s view of events and question how easily charm can earn your trust.
Who will love it
For readers who love clever dialogue, social comedy and love stories built on character rather than melodrama. It also rewards anyone curious about money and marriage in Regency England.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A mother with five daughters to marry
- A slight at the ball starts the trouble
- Netherfield draws Elizabeth and Darcy together
- Mr Collins and Mr Wickham arrive
- Marriage for money and a visit to Kent
- Darcy's insulting proposal angers Elizabeth
- Pemberley changes what Elizabeth sees
- Pride and prejudice are two different faults
- Irony, dialogue and a famous first sentence
Who’s who
- Elizabeth BennetThe second Bennet daughter, witty and independent, who prides herself on judging people well and wants a marriage built on respect.
- Fitzwilliam DarcyA wealthy owner of Pemberley, reserved and proud, who struggles with his attraction to a woman far below his rank.
- Jane BennetThe eldest sister, beautiful and gentle, who sees good in everyone and hopes for a happy match with Mr Bingley.
- Charles BingleyA rich, friendly young man who rents Netherfield and is easily led by his friends and sisters.
- Mrs BennetElizabeth's anxious, noisy mother, who is desperate to see her five daughters married before the family estate passes away.
- Mr BennetElizabeth's dry and bookish father, who enjoys mocking his neighbours and avoids family trouble.
- George WickhamA charming young militia officer who tells Elizabeth a story about Darcy and wants a comfortable life.
- Mr CollinsA pompous clergyman, cousin to the Bennets, who will inherit their estate and is eager to please his patron.
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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen · 1813
Elizabeth Bennet meets the proud Mr Darcy in a society where money and rank shape the choice of whom to marry.
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A single remark at a country dance can shape two lives. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's novel of 1813, is set in the English countryside around 1800.
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A mother with five daughters to marry
The Bennets live at Longbourn, a comfortable but modest estate in Hertfordshire. Mr Bennet is a dry, bookish man. Mrs Bennet is anxious and talkative, and she has one great aim, which is to see her five daughters married.
She has good reason. Longbourn is entailed, so the daughters cannot inherit it. When Mr Bennet dies, the house will pass to a cousin, and the women will have very little. For these girls, marriage is the only secure road.
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What is Pride and Prejudice about?
It follows Elizabeth Bennet, one of five sisters in a family with little money, as she meets the proud Mr Darcy. The book is about love, class and marriage, and how first impressions can mislead us.
What is the difference between pride and prejudice in the book?
Pride is an inflated opinion of oneself, which Darcy shows through his sense of rank. Prejudice is a judgment formed without good evidence, which Elizabeth shows when she trusts her first impressions of people.
Why does the Bennet family need their daughters to marry?
Their estate is entailed, meaning it will pass to a male cousin when Mr Bennet dies. The daughters would then have little money, so a good marriage is their best protection.
The author
Jane Austen
1775–1817 · English novelist
Jane Austen was an English novelist born in Steventon, Hampshire, in 1775. She lived in Bath, Southampton and Chawton, and died in Winchester in 1817. Her novels included Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815). Northanger Abbey and Persuasion appeared after her death.
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