Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
A Regency-era novel of manners in which five women try to adjust to their new neighbor, an eligible gentleman.
61 chapters · 121,618 words · about 9 hours
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About this book
Pride and Prejudice may today be one of Jane Austen’s most enduring novels, having been widely adapted to stage, screen, and other media since its publication in 1813. The novel tells the tale of five unmarried sisters and how their lives change when a wealthy eligible bachelor moves in to their neighborhood.
About this edition
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The cover is adapted from A Wet Sunday Morning, a painting completed in 1896 by Edmund Blair Leighton.