This Townsend Library classic has been carefully edited to be more accessible to today's students. It includes a background note about the book, an author's biography, and a lively afterword. Acclaimed by educators nationwide, the Townsend Library is helping millions of young adults discover the pleasure and power of reading. The five Bennet girls need husbands. And now a rich, handsome bachelor has moved in next door. He falls in love with Jane, the oldest Bennet girl. Everything goes well--for a while. Then the handsome bachelor's proud best friend, Mr. Darcy, ruins everything. Elizabeth Bennet has never hated anyone as much as she hates Mr. Darcy. How could she ever forgive the man who has ruined her sister's happiness? She knows everything she needs to know about him. He is proud, hateful, conceited, and horrid--and he wants to marry her. Elizabeth and Darcy's memorable, witty battle of hearts and minds has made Pride and Prejudice a readers favorite for almost two hundred years. -- From the Publisher