Jane Austen wrote a book titled Pride and Prejudice, which was first released in 1813. In the landed gentry society of the British Regency, the novel follows Elizabeth Bennet, the primary character, as she struggles with concerns of manners, upbringing, morals, education, and marriage. Elizabeth is the second of Mr. Bennet's five daughters, a Longbourn-based country gentleman.

The story of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet's five unmarried daughters is told in this early 19th-century English novel after two gentlemen—the wealthy and desirable Mr. Bingley and his status-conscious friend, the even wealthyer and more eligible Mr. Darcy—move into their neighborhood.