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Pride and Prejudice

American

noun

a novel (1813) by Jane Austen (written 1796–97).

Pride and Prejudice Cultural

(1813) A comic novel by Jane Austen about the life of an upper-middle-class family, the Bennets, in eighteenth-century England. A complex succession of events ends with the marriages of the two eldest Bennet daughters.

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Jones recently portrayed Mrs Bennet in another comedy series, The Other Bennet Sister, which was inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Davies adapted Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice into a six-episode BBC series which aired in 1995.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

There's also a new adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring Emma Corrin coming to Netflix.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

Macfadyen won two Emmys and two Baftas for playing Tom Wambsgans in Succession, starred in 2005's Pride and Prejudice film as Mr Darcy, and was recently in Deadpool & Wolverine.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

She clicks the remote, and the opening notes of Pride and Prejudice, the miniseries, begin to play.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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