title: A Novel Journal: Pride and Prejudice (Novel Journals)
author: Jane Austen
description: Born December 16, 1775, <b>Jane Austen</b> is one of the most celebrated authors of the English language. Her fiction is known for its witty satires on English society. Austen wrote anonymously during her life and wasn't widely recognized as a great English writer until after her death in 1817.
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  **Dedication**
  
   _To all the obstinate, headstrong girls forging new paths._
  
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   **Epigraph**
  
  > “There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at
  > the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate
  > me.”
  
  >  _—Pride and Prejudice_  
  >  by Jane Austen
  
  > “Instinct is a marvelous thing. . . . It can neither be explained nor
  > ignored.”
  
  >  _—The Mysterious Affair at Styles_  
  >  by Agatha Christie
  
   **Contents**
  
  [ _Cover_](9780062889829_Cover.xhtml)
  
   _Title Page_
  
   _Dedication_
  
   _Epigraph_
  
  One
  
  Two
  
  Three
  
  Four
  
  Five
  
  Six
  
  Seven
  
  Eight
  
  Nine
  
  Ten
  
  Eleven
  
  Twelve
  
  Thirteen
  
  Fourteen
  
  Fifteen
  
  Sixteen
  
  Seventeen
  
  Eighteen
  
  Nineteen
  
  Twenty
  
  Twenty-One
  
  Twenty-Two
  
  Epilogue
  
  Author’s Note
  
   _Acknowledgments_
  
   _About the Author_
  
   _Books by Tirzah Price_
  
   _Back Ad_
  
   _Copyright_
  
   _About the Publisher_
  
   **One**
  
   _In Which Our Heroine Is Wronged, and Acquires a New Lead_
  
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