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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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

Ruth Jones says she is "stepping into very big shoes" as she stars in a new BBC comedy series inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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

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

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon