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Pride and Prejudice

By Jane Austen

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.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #1342 — English text of the 1813 novel
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author Jane Austen died 1817; author of Preface (prefatory essay present in this plain-text edition) George Saintsbury died 1933; illustrator credited in the 1894 edition (illustrations named in the plain-text front-matter) Hugh Thomson died 1920. All identified copyright-relevant edition contributors are beyond the conservative expiry cutoff applied from the cited jurisdictional duration rule as of 2026-08-31.

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

“I can answer your question,” said Fitzwilliam, “without applying to him. It is because he will not give himself the trouble.”

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