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Credit: Pickering & Greatbatch
Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals the societal issues of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. This illustration, one of the two earliest illustrations of the book, depicts Elizabeth speaking with her father about Mr. Darcy, who would later in the novel become her romantic interest.