Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

Classic Novels

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Language
English
First published
1813
Reading time
529 minutes
Chapters
61 chapters

About this book

A quick-witted young woman, a proud and wealthy gentleman, and a mother determined to see her five daughters married.

Pride and Prejudice is a comedy of first impressions that turn out to be wrong, told with a sharp eye for how people talk, boast and misjudge each other. Two centuries later its dialogue still feels fresh. Read it if you enjoy clever conversation, family chaos and a slow change of heart.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Chapter I.

About this edition

  • Source

    Project Gutenberg (eBook #1342)

    Text version

    Project Gutenberg eBook #1342 (updated 1 September 2026), downloaded 7 November 2026, transcribed from the 1894 George Allen edition illustrated by Hugh Thomson. We removed the preface by George Saintsbury, the dedication, the list of illustrations, the 156 illustration captions and the printer’s imprint. The 61 chapters of Jane Austen’s text are unchanged.

  • License

    Public domain

    Copyright status last verified: 9 November 2026

  • Category

    Classic Novels

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Chapters

61 chapters