It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. With these words Jane Austen's best-loved novel opens, introducing the Bennet family. With the arrival in the neighbourhood of not one, but two gentlemen of fortune, Mrs Bennet has high hopes for her daughters marriage prospects. But, for Elizabeth Bennet, prejudice prevents her from seeing the good qualities of Mr Darcy, and for him, pride is almost his downfall.
Read by Lindsay Vere Duncan.
