The author Jane Austen and her novels have been represented in popular culture in a wide variety of forms for nearly two centuries. Adaptations and re-interpretations of her work span literature, illu
Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier in a 1940 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice
Cassandra Austen Jane Austen hires
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Pride and Prejudice is a novel by English author Jane Austen. Written when she was aged 20–21, it was her third novel scribed and became the second to see print when it was published in 1813. A novel
Title page of the first edition, 1813
Mr Darcy says Elizabeth is "not handsome enough to tempt him" to dance. (Artist: C.E. Brock, 1895)
In a letter to Cassandra dated May 1813, Jane Austen describes a picture she saw at a gallery which was a good likeness of "Mrs Bingley" – Jane Bennet. Deirdre Le Faye in The World of Her Novels suggests that "Portrait of Mrs Q" is the picture Austen was referring to. (pp. 201–203)
Lady Catherine and Elizabeth by C. E. Brock, 1895