Facts about Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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   Elizabeth Bennet's father controls the Bennet estate through entailment, meaning it must pass to their male cousin Mr. Collins upon his death, leaving the five daughters without inheritance.

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   Published in two volumes, Pride and Prejudice follows a structure common to Regency-era novels, with six chapters devoted to the pivotal Netherfield ball sequence.

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   Mr. Darcy's annual income of ten thousand pounds in Pride and Prejudice marks him as extraordinarily wealthy by early nineteenth-century English standards.

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   The novel centers on five Bennet sisters, with Elizabeth Bennet serving as the witty protagonist who eventually marries the wealthy Mr. Darcy.

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   Jane Austen's opening line 'It is a truth universally acknowledged' in Pride and Prejudice is among the most famous sentences in English literature.

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   Originally titled First Impressions, Pride and Prejudice was revised and published by Jane Austen in 1813.

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