Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners upbringing morality education and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman Mr. Bennet living in Longbourn. Set in England in the late 18th century Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet's five unmarried daughters after two gentlemen have moved into their neighbourhood: the rich and eligible Mr. Bingley and his status-conscious friend the even richer and more eligible Mr. Darcy. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter Jane Darcy is disdainful of local society and repeatedly clashes with the Bennets' lively second daughter Elizabeth.