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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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"There are so many nods to Pride and Prejudice - recognisable characters, iconic ballroom scenes, moments that make you think, 'I remember that'," said Jones.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Molly Wright, who plays Kitty adds that Austen is "so ahead of her time" in her views on "marriage and feminism" in Pride and Prejudice.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

If you're a Jane Austen fan, then Lizzy, Jane, Kitty and Lydia are likely to be the Bennet sisters you remember from Pride and Prejudice.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

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

Ma stirs, so I tuck my diary back into my satchel and pull out the secondhand copy of Pride and Prejudice Baba gave me.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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