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Pride and Prejudice is the most popular novel written by Jane Austen and was published in 1813, initially anonymously.
The book details what life was like for the English bourgeoisie in the 19th century, from the perspective of two very different families and from a very peculiar story. The novel reflects the pettiness of personal relationships as his .
The books tells the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters.
Eligible Mr. Charles Bingley rents the fine house nearby. He may have sisters, but he also has male friends, and one of these, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, irks the vivacious Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the Bennet girls. She annoys him. Which is how we know they must one day marry.
The novel is very popular all over the world, has been translated into more than 30 different languages ââand has continued to be published, uninterrupted, for more than 200 years. It has been adapted to film, theater or television on several occasions.
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Think it is just bonnets and ballrooms? Austen turns social ritual into a sharp study of perception, misjudgment, and how character reveals itself under pressure.
In 2025, opinions form quickly; profiles, group chats, and public performance nudge us to judge fast. Pride and Prejudice slows the gaze: assemblies, calls, and letters stage how bias hardens and how listening revises it. Read it as practice in better noticing: where pride hides insecurity, where wit protects vulnerability, where steady kindness outlasts sparkle. The comedy of manners becomes a guide to conversation, boundaries, and patienceâan education in attention rather than advice. A few chapters can refine your sense of what, and whom, to value.
At assemblies and visits, talk moves quickly and assumptions calcify. The novel models how to revisit judgments with humility and new evidence so understanding can actually improve.
Lively dialogue tests ideas without cruelty. You learn how humor can draw boundaries and keep respectâwhile mockery, even when clever, quietly erodes trust.
Through letters, small acts, and pressure, character becomes legible. Attend to patternsâwho listens, who growsâso choices feel earned rather than impulsive.
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Sharp and witty portraits of love, money, and choice in Regency England.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.