PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Definition & Meaning

Pride and Prejudice

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a novel (1813) by Jane Austen (written 1796–97).

Pride and Prejudice

(1813) A comic novel by Jane Austen about the life of an upper- middle-class family, the Bennets, in eighteenth-century England . A complex succession of events ends with the marriages of the two eldest Bennet daughters.

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This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the TV adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” that starred Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle and the 20th anniversary of the film version, with Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen.

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Actor Jack Lowden has said he likes the idea of "breaking down barriers" by being a ginger Mr Darcy in a new adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

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“Regency Girls,” a new musical comedy set in the period of Jane Austen’s novels, begins on a note that fans of “Pride and Prejudice” will savor.

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Elinor, who seems modeled on Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet, does something her lively, intelligent and fiercely independent counterpart from “Pride and Prejudice” would never do: She gets pregnant before her wedding day.

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Macfadyen won two Emmys and two Baftas for playing Tom Wambsgans in Succession, starred in 2005's Pride and Prejudice film as Mr Darcy, and was recently in Deadpool & Wolverine.

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