Explanation

Elizabeth Bennet is young, clever and attractive, but her mother is a nightmare and she and her four sisters are in dire need of financial security and escape in the shape of husbands.The arrival of nice Mr Bingley and arrogant Mr Darcy in the neighbourhood turns all their lives upside down in this witty drama of friendship, rivalry, enmity and love.

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Writer

Jane Austen

Language

English

ISBN

9780099511151

Number of pages

384

Publisher

Random House UK

Category

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
The pride of any mother is to give birth to a responsible and successful child.