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One of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice, is vividly brought to life by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike ( Gone Girl). In her bright and energetic performance of this British classic, she expertly captures Austen’s signature wit and tone. Her attention to detail, her literary background, and her performance in the 2005 feature film version of the novel provide the perfect foundation from which to convey the story of Elizabeth Bennet, her four sisters, and the inimitable Mr. Darcy.

When Elizabeth Bennet rejects Mr Darcys proposal at Hunsford, she believes she has merely exercised a woman's last freedom: the right of refusal. But when a careless letter carries word of it back to Longbourn, her fathers characteristic indolence curdles into something monstrous. A wit too...

Elizabeth Bennet discovers that Mr. Darcy is not the cold-hearted, arrogant man that she thought. In fact, Darcy is a man of action worthy of her love.When the fire alarms are raised, Darcy demonstrates that he is a man of action, who deserves much credit for his selfless efforts on the...

Lady Anne Darcy is the most formidable matchmaker in London. She has arranged brilliant marriages, engineered seemingly impossible engagements, and guided nearly half the ton--the happy half—to the altar. Her greatest challenge? Her own son.Fitzwilliam Darcy has no intention of being managed...

Jane Austen's most popular novel, originally published in 1813, some 17 years after it was first written, presents the Bennet family of Longbourn. Against the background of gossipy Mrs. Bennet and the detached Mr. Bennet, the quest is on for husbands for the five daughters. The spotlight falls on Elizabeth, second eldest, who is courted by Darcy, though initially she is more concerned with the fate of her other sisters.

What if Elizabeth Bennet rescued a child during a devastating fire in London—only to find the man who aided her that night standing beside her at a country dance months later? As danger follows them into the quiet countryside, Elizabeth and Darcy must navigate secrets, suspicion, and a growing...

Caroline Bingley has spent years cultivating a dreadful reputation. The outrageous gowns, cutting remarks and determination to offend every eligible gentleman in London are all part of a plan. If society believes Caroline impossible to marry, no one can force her to give up the first love she...

Love is a luxury, but who can afford it? The New Vogue has changed everything, or so society claims. Wealthy women now keep accomplished gentlemen on their own terms, and the old rules of matrimony have been neatly inverted. But some things remain stubbornly unchanged: the entail on Longbourn...

Charles Bingley, a wealthy young gentleman, has moved into Netherfield Park manor, which causes much excitement in the village of Longbourn, especially among the five unmarried daughters of the Bennet household. Despite many romatic complications, the overall tone of this classic novel is, as Jane Austen described it, “light and bright, and sparkling”.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Indira Varma, who has starred in Luther and Game of Thrones. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Vivien Jones. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and...

Grab your sisters and cinch those corsets! This is a retelling of Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice like no other, performed by a remarkable new cast with an original score by Grammy-nominated composer, Morgan Kibby. Elizabeth Bennet has no intention of settling for any man, or frankly any life, that isn’t lived entirely on her terms. She will marry for love, dance when she wants to dance, and—if at all possible—find a quiet spot to read without being interrupted.

What if Elizabeth Bennet met Mr Darcy before she knew he was Mr Darcy? While touring Pemberley with her aunt and uncle, Elizabeth encounters a handsome gentleman working among the roses. With his coat discarded and his hands marked by honest labour, she naturally assumes he is one of the estate’s gardeners —and speaks to him with all her usual openness. Fitzwilliam Darcy knows he ought to correct her mistake. Instead, charmed by a young woman who sees neither his fortune nor his consequence, he allows their conversation to continue.

Erin Coleridge's used bookstore in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, England, is a meeting place for the villagers and, in particular, for the local Jane Austen Society. At the Society's monthly meeting, matters come to a head between the old guard and its young turks. After the meeting breaks for tea, persuasion gives way to murder with extreme prejudice when president Sylvia Pemberthy falls dead to the floor. Poisoned? Presumably, but by whom? And was Sylvia the only target? 

My freedom is more attractive to me... I would never pay so great a cost.Elizabeth Bennet was just fourteen years old when she lost everything: her parents, her home, and her place in the world. Ten years later, she has made her own way. She is educated, independent, and quietly building a life...

A man of consideration in the world can afford to marry where he pleases… When one has wealth enough for security, the next thing to be sought must be happinessWhen Colonel Fitzwilliam quits the Continent on crutches and accompanies his cousin to Hertfordshire, he arrives determined to enjoy...

What if Darcy's encounter with Elizabeth at the Meryton Assembly set off a cosmic change of events that revived the ancient dragons of Briton?

The day following the Netherfield ball, Fitzwilliam Darcy is entrusted by Miss Bingley to convince Bingley of the undesirability of a connection with the Bennets while she herself prepares to move the household back to London without the knowledge of her brother. Although Darcy agrees in principle to Miss Bingley’s objections, he is unhappy with the furtive manner in which she is going about the whole thing. To think things through an agitated Darcy goes out for a ride and has an extraordinary experience that leaves him endowed with a special ability - is it a boon or a bane?

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in 1813. The story follows Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, moral rightness, education and marriage in her aristocratic society of early 19th century England. Elizabeth is the second eldest of five daughters of a country gentleman living in the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, not far from London.

"The beat of his heart came to a full stop, the air left his lungs, and the march of time ground to an abrupt halt." Mr Darcy, a paradox of superior intelligence and hubris, falls instantly in love with Miss Elizabeth Bennet. The following courtship is swift and efficient, saddling him with the...

Elizabeth Bennet is niet van plan genoegen te nemen met zomaar een man en een leven dat niet voldoet aan haar eigen voorwaarden. Ze wil trouwen uit liefde, dansen wanneer zij daar zin in heeft en een rustig plekje voor zichzelf om te lezen, wat misschien nog wel de grootste uitdaging zal zijn. Maar als ze wordt voorgesteld aan de rijke en compleet onuitstaanbare meneer Darcy, komt alles wat ze zeker dacht te weten op losse schroeven te staan.