Do you like Jane Austen.
Yes! She published Pride and Prejudice in 1813. It's a famous novel.
Yeah I had to read it in 9th grade. Did you?
I don't think so. I've seen the 2005 film based on the novel that was directed by Joe Wright.
Oh nice. Who's your favorite character?
I really like Elizabeth Bennett. She is portrayed by Keira Knightley. Do you?
I actually don't even remember the story very well lol. What other books do you like?
irony and sets the tone for the book. The novel revolves around the importance of marrying for love, not simply for economic gain or social prestige, despite the communal pressure to make a good (i.e., wealthy) match.
"Pride and Prejudice" has delighted readers for years, consistently appearing near the top of lists of "most-loved books" among literary scholars and the reading public. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature with over 20 million copies sold and has inspired many
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A major hit for Dench came with Joe Wright's "Pride & Prejudice", a 2005 adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen, starring Keira Knightley and Donald Sutherland. Wright persuaded Dench to join the cast as Lady Catherine de Bourgh by writing her a letter that read: "I love it when you play a bitch. Please come and be a bitch for me." Dench had only one week available to shoot her scenes, forcing Wright to make them his first days of filming. With both a