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"Pride And Prejudice" is put into context with our feature on Regency society. You can also read about Jane Austen's house and reminisce about Darcymania...
The Plot
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”
Jane Austen's House
Jane Austen's House in Chawton, Hampshire, gives a real taste of the life she led. The pretty 17th century building, where she revised "Pride And Prejudice", is now a museum for items connected with the author and her family. There are some very personal possessions on show, including jewellery, letters and her will.
Regency Society
Jane Austen’s collected novels offer us a tantalising glimpse of the fashionable society of her day.
Women writers in Jane Austen's Day
Unless you've read some up-to-date literary history, you probably won't know the names of many female authors writing before the Victorian period.
Darcymania
The term “Darcymania” was coined to describe the near-hysterical adulation of Mr Darcy in Jane Austen’s "Pride And Prejudice", as portrayed by actor Colin Firth in the BBC TV adaptation of 1995.
Stage and Screen Adaptations
Why dramatise "Pride And Prejudice"? It’s a beautifully crafted, tightly written novel - what is the attraction of changing it into a film, a TV series or a play?
Ten things…
You've read the book, but how much do you really know about Jane Austen and "Pride And Prejudice"?
