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Pride and Prejudice

American  

noun

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

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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In Pride and Prejudice and its various screen adaptations, Mrs Bennet is portrayed as stressed, emotional, and fixated on marrying off her five daughters.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Screenwriter Quintrell feels very lucky to have contributed to a follow-on story in the world of Pride and Prejudice.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

Actor Jack Lowden has said he likes the idea of "breaking down barriers" by being a ginger Mr Darcy in a new adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

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

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

I see him in my living room suffering though Pride and Prejudice with me.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

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