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Historical RomanceRegency RomanceHistorical Fiction

Pride and Prejudice

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  • 1813 first published
  • 351 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (409 ratings)
  • 4,042 editions
  • 🎧 14 h 26 min free audiobook
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Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1813) is a historical romance and Regency romance play. It takes readers to England and Brighton in 1789–1820. It features Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Charlotte Lucas. It deals with brothers and sisters, courtship, Drama and families.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 409 ratings, and 6,551 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 4,042 editions across 27 languages. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 190,246 times in the last 30 days.

At about 351 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours. It is in the public domain, so you can read it free on Project Gutenberg or listen to the 14 h 26 min LibriVox audiobook.

About Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. Mr. Bennet, owner of the Longbourn estate in Hertfordshire, has five daughters, but his property is entailed and can only be passed to a male heir. His wife also lacks an inheritance, so his family faces becoming very poor upon his death. Thus, it is imperative that at least one of the girls marry well to support the others, which is a motivation that drives the plot.
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Free audiobook

Pride and Prejudice — LibriVox recording, 14 h 26 min in 57 sections.

Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.

Opening line

“IT is a truth universally acknowledge, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Elizabeth Bennet
  • Fitzwilliam Darcy
  • Charlotte Lucas
  • George Wickham
  • Mr. Bennet
  • Mrs. Bennet
  • Jane Bennet
  • Mary Bennet
  • Catherine Bennet
  • Lydia Bennet

Subjects

  • Regency Historical Romance
  • British and Irish fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Courtship
  • Drama
  • Families
  • Family
  • Family life
  • Family relations
  • Fiction Classics
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Literary Fiction
  • Love stories
  • Manners
  • Manners and customs
  • Marriage

Quick answers

Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?

Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austen and first published in 1813.

What genre is Pride and Prejudice?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance, Regency Romance, Historical Fiction and Classic Love Stories.

How long is Pride and Prejudice?

The median edition has 351 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is Pride and Prejudice free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

Is there a free audiobook of Pride and Prejudice?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 14 h 26 min.

What books are similar to Pride and Prejudice?

Readers who like it often enjoy Forbidden, The Virgin of Valkarion and Navigator.

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