Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, with over 20 million copies sold. The novel revolves around the importance of marrying for love rather than money or social prestige. The book has been adapted into a number of dramatic adaptations, reprints, unofficial sequels, films, and TV versions.
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Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, with over 20 million copies sold, and has inspired many derivatives in modern literature. The novel revolves around the importance of marrying for love rather than money or social prestige, despite the communal pressure to make a wealthy match. Its humour lies in its honest depiction of manners, education, marriage, and money during the Regency era in Great Britain. Mr. Bennet of Longbourn estate has five daughters, but his property is entailed and can only be passed to a male heir. His wife also lacks an inheritance, so his family will be destitute upon his death. Elizabeth and her family meet the dashing and charming army officer, George Wickham, who singles out Elizabeth. After Elizabeth’s rejection, Mr. Collins proposes to Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth’s friend and a sensible woman, but she rejects him to her mother’s fury. Shortly afterward, the Bingleys depart for London with no plans to return to London for a few more months, and Elizabeth’s dislike of Mr. Darcy is confirmed. The novel is set in rural England in the early 19th century, and is set against the backdrop of the Great Depression. The plot 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.
The book has been adapted into a number of dramatic adaptations, reprints, unofficial sequels, films, and TV versions of the novel, reaching mass audiences. For more than a century, dramatic adaptations and reprints have portrayed the memorable characters and themes of Pride and Pre judice have reached mass audiences, and have inspired many derivative works of modern literature, such as The Hunger Games, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, among other works of fiction and non-fiction. The novels have also been made into films, including The Hobbit and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, starring Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hanks, Colin Firth, Emma Watson, Ian McKellan, and Daniel Radcliffe, as well as the film version of The Great Gatsby, starring Ian McKellen and Kate Winslet. The film adaptation of The Lord Of The Rings is expected to be released in May 2015, and will be directed by Martin Scorsese and directed by Quentin Tarantino, with a screenplay written by Tom Charity. The movie version will be based on the novel’s author, J.K. Rowling, who is also the author of The Hunger Game and The Great and The Last Witch, among others. The screenplay is based on a novel written by Austen’s great-great-grandson, Charles Dickens. The first time the Bennet family meets Mr. Bingley is at a ball at the local assembly rooms that the entire neighbourhood will attend. Mr Bingley’s friendly and cheerful manner earns him popularity among the guests, and he dances twice.
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