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Pride and Prejudice

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is an admired, even adored, classic.

Two-hundred-and-two years after the first volume's publication, Austen's witty, sophisticated, romantic novel of manners shows no sign of fading in popularity or relevance.

Want to celebrate this perpetually revisited and reimagined tale of overcoming first impressions? The Library's got you covered!

Check out the original story in print...

 

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

 

audiobook...

 

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

 

graphic novel...

 

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (original story), Stacy King (adaptation), and Po Tse (art)

 

 

Pride an Prejudice: The Graphic Novel by Jane Austen (original story), Lawrence Sach (adpatation), Rajesh Nagulakonda (art, color), and Vijay Sharman and Dilip Walia (color)

 

or film/television adaptation....

 

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1979

 

 

1995

 

 

2005

 

Or, enjoy one of the countless other adaptations, updates, sequels, prequels, spin-offs, alternate perspectives, parodies, pastiches, and homages the novel has inspired. You can find a large and varied selection of such titles in the Library's catalog, but here are just a few to get you started.

 

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

 

 

Bride & Prejudice

 

 

Longbourn by Jo Baker

 

 

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

 

 

Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange

 

 

Death Comes to Pembereley by P.D. James

 

"Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' at 200"* by Maureen Corrigan on NPR's Fresh Air


* Library card required for use outside the Library

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