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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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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

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

My favorites were Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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