Pride and Prejudice

Mrs. Bennet has five daughters and one consuming ambition: to see them all married before the money runs out. Her second daughter Elizabeth has other ideas. Sharp-tongued, clear-eyed, and constitutionally resistant to flattery, Elizabeth meets the wealthy and insufferable Mr. Darcy at a local ball and takes an immediate, well-reasoned dislike to him. He returns the sentiment. What follows is one of the most perfectly constructed comedies in the English language - a novel that is hilarious on th ...