It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen’s witty comedy of manners – one of the most popular novels of all time.
The novel features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues.
Considered the most perfect and characteristic of Austen’s works, Pride and Prejudice explores the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. A timeless classic of English literature.
