It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a fortune, must be in want of a wife'. With these words Jane Austen's best-loved novel opens, introducing the Bennet family. With the arrival in the neighbourhood of not one, but two gentlemen of fortune, Mrs Bennet has high hopes for her daughters' marriage prospects. But for Elizabeth Bennet, prejudice prevents her from seeing the good qualities of Mr Darcy, and for him, pride is almost his downfall. With romance and intrigue at every turn Pride and Prejudice remains both a novel of manners and an affectionate study of the frailties of human nature.