Pride and Prejudice

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‘He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal. ‘
Set among the English countryside gentry at the turn of the nineteenth century, Pride and Prejudice is a story of love, marriage, manners, relations, the pride that is derived from possessing wealth and the prejudice of social classes. In a sparkling comedy of manners that begins with the arrival of two highly-eligible bachelors, Mr Bingley and Mr Darcy in the neighbourhood, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging people based on first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen’s masterpiece-an entertaining portrait of the way people behave in society, and of matrimonial theatrics and rivalries-and is timeless in its hilarity and honesty.