Pride and Prejudice

American  

noun

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

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Pride and Prejudice Cultural  

1. (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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Example Sentences

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

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

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

The Pride and Prejudice author died in the city in 1817, and was buried in the cathedral grounds.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

"In the sense of what Jane Austen wrote in Pride and Prejudice about the accomplished gentleman, he amounts to this standard."

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023

My favorites were Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer