When was Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice published?

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Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy and Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet in period costumes stand outdoors in a scene from the 1995 television series Pride and Prejudice. — Pride and Prejudice Colin Firth as Darcy and Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC TV miniseries *Pride and Prejudice* (1995).

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice was published anonymously in three volumes in 1813. The novel, which is a classic of English literature, was well received by critics and readers upon its release, with the first edition selling out within the first year.1