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Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen (1775–1817)

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  • 61 chapters
  • Reading level: 8th & 9th grade

"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen is a novel published in 1813. It follows Elizabeth Bennet, who must learn to see beyond hasty judgments and superficial appearances. With five daughters and an estate that can only pass to a male heir, the Bennet family faces financial uncertainty. Marriage becomes essential for survival. When wealthy Mr. Darcy arrives in their neighborhood, his pride and Elizabeth's prejudice ignite a conflict that will challenge everything she believes about goodness, character, and love.

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  • England
  • Young women
  • Love stories
  • Sisters
  • Domestic fiction
  • Courtship
  • Social classes

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Chapter I

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.

"My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?"

Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.

"But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it."

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Contents

Show all 61 chapters
  1. Chapter I
  2. Chapter II
  3. Chapter III
  4. Chapter IV
  5. Chapter V
  6. Chapter VI
  7. Chapter VII
  8. Chapter VIII
  9. Chapter IX
  10. Chapter X
  11. Chapter XI
  12. Chapter XII
  13. Chapter XIII
  14. Chapter XIV
  15. Chapter XV
  16. Chapter XVI
  17. Chapter XVII
  18. Chapter XVIII
  19. Chapter XIX
  20. Chapter XX
  21. Chapter XXI
  22. Chapter XXII
  23. Chapter XXIII
  24. Chapter I
  25. Chapter II
  26. Chapter III
  27. Chapter IV
  28. Chapter V
  29. Chapter VI
  30. Chapter VII
  31. Chapter VIII
  32. Chapter IX
  33. Chapter X
  34. Chapter XI
  35. Chapter XII
  36. Chapter XIII
  37. Chapter XIV
  38. Chapter XV
  39. Chapter XVI
  40. Chapter XVII
  41. Chapter XVIII
  42. Chapter XIX
  43. Chapter I
  44. Chapter II
  45. Chapter III
  46. Chapter IV
  47. Chapter V
  48. Chapter VI
  49. Chapter VII
  50. Chapter VIII
  51. Chapter IX
  52. Chapter X
  53. Chapter XI
  54. Chapter XII
  55. Chapter XIII
  56. Chapter XIV
  57. Chapter XV
  58. Chapter XVI
  59. Chapter XVII
  60. Chapter XVIII
  61. Chapter XIX

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This free edition of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #42671, released 2013-05-09. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Romance, Novels, Classics of Literature, British Literature.

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