PrideandPrejudiceisanovelbyJaneAusten，firstpublishedin1813.ThestoryfollowsthemaincharacterElizabethBennetasshedealswithissuesofmanners，upbringing，morality，education，andmarriageinthesocietyofthelandedgentryofearly19th-centuryEngland.Thoughthestorywassetattheturnofthe19thcentury，itretainsafascinationformodernreaders，continuingnearthetopoflistsof"mostlovedbooks."IthasbecomeoneofthemostpopularnovelsinEnglishliterature.