Facts about Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

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   Five sisters in Pride and Prejudice reflect Austen's sharp social commentary on marriage as an economic necessity for women in Regency-era England.

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   Widely considered a classic of English literature, Pride and Prejudice has never gone out of print since its first publication.

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   In Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy famously insults Elizabeth Bennet at their first meeting, declaring she is not handsome enough to tempt him.

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   Austen's Pride and Prejudice opens with one of the most famous lines in English literature: it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

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   The novel centers on the Bennet family, whose five daughters include the protagonist Elizabeth Bennet and her love interest Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy.

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   Originally titled First Impressions, Pride and Prejudice was first published in January 1813 by Thomas Egerton.

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