Society

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

Two families and five daughters, and a great many people mistaking pride for principle. She meant it as a joke about the marriage market; readers keep insisting it is also about love. I have never resolved which of us is right.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 8 hr 30 min

Where to find it

The English Reading Room; The Set Texts Room; The Austen Room

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #1342. In the public domain in the United States.