Truths universally acknowledged, daughters deemed tolerable, good opinions lost and rediscovered. Jane Austen’s romantic comedy is here abridged for Puffin Classics, with an introduction and end notes.

Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813.

The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency.When Elizabeth Bennet meets Fitzwilliam Darcy for the first time at a ball, she writes him off as an arrogant and obnoxious man. He not only acts like an insufferable snob, but she also overhears him rejecting the very idea of asking her for a dance! Through this tale about two warring hearts, Austen weaves a witty satire about life in eighteenth century England.

And though it was published more than two centuries ago, Pride and Prejudice continues to enthrall readers to this very day.