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Darcy and the prejudiced elizabeth bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenthcentury drawingroom intrigues. Pride and prejudice is the most famous of jane austen s novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in english literature it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Listendownload pride and prejudice audiobook by jane austen. Oct 14, 2019 pride and prejudice full audiobook by jane austen october 14, 2019 by tokybook leave a comment it appears to be a wedding season when we first open this novel but as we move a bit further jane austen once again induces imperialism and certain sub plots. Jane austins novels always have a lot of reality in them as the stories are concerned or connected to the matters we.
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