Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen’s novels, and its opening is 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.” Its manuscript was first written between 1796 and 1797, and was initially called First Impressions, but was never published under that title. Following revisions it was published on 28 January 1813 by the same Mr. Egerton of the Military Library, Whitehall, who had brought out Sense and Sensibility. Like both its predecessor and Northanger Abbey, it was written at Steventon Rectory. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism, humor, and social commentary, have long earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike. With the publication of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two other novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, the short epistolary novel Lady Susan, and another unfinished novel, The Watsons. Her six full-length novels have rarely been out of print, although they were published anonymously and brought her moderate success and little fame during her lifetime. (Wikipedia)

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Online Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1342/1342-h/1342-h.htm

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Time Stamps:
Chapter 01 – 00:00
Chapter 02 – 04:44
Chapter 03 – 09:07
Chapter 04 – 17:58
Chapter 05 – 28:19
Chapter 06 – 33:33
Chapter 07 – 45:54
Chapter 08 – 56:06
Chapter 09 – 1:06:15
Chapter 10 – 1:15:39
Chapter 11 – 1:27:28
Chapter 12 – 1:36:13
Chapter 13 – 1:40:02
Chapter 14 – 1:48:44
Chapter 15 – 1:55:34
Chapter 16 – 2:04:36
Chapter 17 – 2:22:34
Chapter 18 – 2:29:31
Chapter 19 – 2:56:46
Chapter 20 – 3:08:11
Chapter 21 – 3:17:30
Chapter 22 – 3:38:49
Chapter 23 – 3:48:15
Chapter 24 – 3:56:41
Chapter 25 – 4:06:50
Chapter 26 – 4:14:40
Chapter 27 – 4:26:41
Chapter 28 – 4:33:25
Chapter 29 – 4:41:18
Chapter 30 – 4:54:43
Chapter 31 – 5:01:03
Chapter 32 – 5:09:20
Chapter 33 – 5:17:27
Chapter 34 – 5:26:58
Chapter 35 – 5:38:20
Chapter 36 – 5:54:22
Chapter 37 – 6:05:31
Chapter 38 – 6:13:54
Chapter 39 – 6:20:27
Chapter 40 – 6:28:21
Chapter 41 – 6:37:22
Chapter 42 – 6:49:50
Chapter 43 – 6:59:46
Chapter 44 – 7:25:08
Chapter 45 – 7:37:14
Chapter 46 – 7:46:23
Chapter 47 – 8:02:22
Chapter 48 – 8:22:50
Chapter 49 – 8:35:19
Chapter 50 – 8:46:43
Chapter 51 – 8:57:44
Chapter 52 – 9:07:53
Chapter 53 – 9:23:06
Chapter 54 – 9:38:02
Chapter 55 – 9:46:40
Chapter 56 – 9:58:19
Chapter 57 – 10:13:03
Chapter 58 – 10:22:15
Chapter 59 – 10:34:56
Chapter 60 – 10:48:11
Chapter 61 – 10:56:07


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