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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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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When we were doing “Pride and Prejudice,” all of Elizabeth’s socks had to be striped.

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