Pride and Prejudice
EditionOriginal English text, from the 1894 George Allen edition of the 1813 novel
Five unmarried sisters, one rich newcomer, and a proud gentleman nobody likes: Austen’s comedy of first impressions.
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About the book
When the wealthy Mr. Bingley takes Netherfield Park, Mrs. Bennet sees a husband for one of her five daughters. His friend Mr. Darcy, richer still, is judged the proudest man in the county at the first assembly, and Elizabeth Bennet, quick and sure of her own judgment, decides she has seen all she needs to see. Over sixty-one chapters Austen tests that judgment, and his, with letters, visits, a scandal, and a proposal that goes very wrong.
This is the complete text, set from the 1894 London edition published by George Allen, which reprints the text descended from the first edition of 1813. Austen’s spelling, punctuation, and italics are kept; the 1894 preface and illustrations are not included. The chapters match our complete Korean translation one for one.
Highlights
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
- In vain have I struggled. It will not do.
Contents
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Colophon
Original English text, from the 1894 George Allen edition of the 1813 novel. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.Full colophon
Pride and Prejudice
Author · Jane Austen (1775–1817)
First publication · 28 January 1813, T. Egerton, Whitehall, London, in three volumes, “By the Author of Sense and Sensibility.”
Source text · A public-domain digital transcription of the London edition published by George Allen in 1894, which reprints the text descended from the first edition of 1813.
Extent · Complete and unabridged · sixty-one chapters, numbered continuously · about 122,000 words
Copyright · The author died in 1817; the work is in the public domain worldwide.
This edition · The original English text, edited for Ether Library. The text itself is in the public domain. Ether Library’s editor’s note, this colophon, and the cover design are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Edition · English edition 1.0 · October 2026
Typography · Set in Lora (SIL Open Font License 1.1). Cover painting and design by Ether Library.
Text in the public domain · Front and back matter CC BY-NC 4.0
Ether Library · No. 0018