Pride+and+Prejudice

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** Book Title ** : Pride and Prejudice

** Author ** : Jane Austen




 * "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." **
 * "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance." **
 * "Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us." **

Pride and Prejudice is a [|novel] by [|Jane Austen], first published in 1813. The story follows the main character [|Elizabeth Bennet] as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in the [|landed gentry] society of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second eldest of five daughters of a country gentleman landed in the fictional town of Meryton in [|Hertfordshire], near [|London]. Though the story's setting is characteristically turn-of-the-19th-century, it retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of 'most loved books' such as [|The Big Read]. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austen's memorable characters or themes. To date, the book has sold some 20 million copies worldwide. [|[1]] courtesy of wikipedia.