Jane Austen's novel, "Pride and Prejudice," chronicles the romantic entanglements of the Bennet sisters in Georgian England. It is celebrated for its witty social commentary and enduring portrayal of love and societal expectations.
Sources for Jane Austen — Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen — Pride and Prejudice in First Romance Novels
Held in the First Romance Novels chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Achilles Tatius — Leucippe and Clitophon (Loeb / Smith trans.) (180)
- Heliodorus — The Aethiopica (Underdowne / Wright trans.) (250)
- Longus — Daphnis and Chloe: A Pastoral Romance (200)
- Xenophon of Ephesus — Ephesian History: The Love-Adventures of Abrocomas and Anthia (Rooke trans., 1727) (150)
- Samuel Richardson — Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740)
- Cao Xueqin — Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. I (Joly trans.) (1791)
- Jane Austen — Sense and Sensibility (1811)
- Maria Edgeworth — Tales and Novels (collected) (1832)
- Charlotte Brontë — Jane Eyre: An Autobiography (1847)
- Georgette Heyer — The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIIIth Century (1921)
- Abbé Prévost — Manon Lescaut (1731)
- Benjamin Disraeli — Henrietta Temple: A Love Story (1837)
- Prosper Mérimée — Carmen (1845)