Characters in pride and prejudice novel

1813 novel by Jane Austen

This article is about the novel. For other uses, see Pride and Prejudice (disambiguation).

Pride and Prejudice is the second novel by English author Jane Austen, published in 1813.

A novel of manners, it follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness.

Mr Bennet, owner of the Longbourn estate in Hertfordshire, has five daughters, but his property is entailed and can only be passed to a male heir.

Pride and prejudice characters pdf

His wife also lacks an inheritance, so his family faces becoming poor upon his death. Thus, it is imperative that at least one of the daughters marry well to support the others, which is a primary motivation driving the plot.

Pride and Prejudice has consistently appeared near the top of lists of "most-loved books" among literary scholars and the reading