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Pride and Prejudice, a play founded on Jane Austen's novel

by Steele Mrs. MacKaye, Jane Austen

Read the complete Pride and Prejudice, a play founded on Jane Austen's novel by Steele Mrs. MacKaye and Jane Austen in 5 sections, with a B2–C1 English level estimate.

2 hr estimatedA2–B1 Linden levelRead now availability5 chapters

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About this book

Pride and Prejudice, a play founded on Jane Austen's novel by Steele Mrs. MacKaye and Jane Austen is available here as a complete, source-verified English public-domain edition. Its catalog subjects include England -- Drama; Courtship -- Drama; Young women -- Drama. Linden organizes its 5 reading sections for browser reading and estimates the language at B2–C1.

First published
Unknown year
Language
English
Copyright status
Public domain

English level

A2–B1 · First originals

Pride and Prejudice, a play founded on Jane Austen's novel is calibrated from 27,407 sampled words across 5 chapters: sentences average 7.1 words, 3.2% exceed 24 words and 7.5% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Sentence rhythm

What the prose asks

Mostly compact sentences averaging 7.1 words in the sampled text

Vocabulary

What may slow you down

7.5% of sampled words contain nine or more letters; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter

Reading rhythm

Short commitment

A few long sections make advance stopping points useful. About 5 calm 30-minute sessions.

Suggested approach

Read with momentum

Follow the main action first and look up only words that block meaning

Best starting point

Begin with chapter one

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CEFR-aligned Linden estimate · high confidence · sampled full text · Calibrated 2026-09-08 · Provisional, not an exam certification.

Table of contents

5 chapters

  1. 01Opening material3 min
  2. 02ACT I42 min
  3. 03ACT II25 min
  4. 04ACT III31 min
  5. 05ACT IV22 min
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Steele Mrs. MacKaye

Steele Mrs. MacKaye is represented in Linden by 1 complete, source-verified public-domain work. The profile retains the author identity and recorded life dates from the official edition metadata.

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Jane Austen

An English novelist whose tightly controlled social worlds reveal the pressures behind courtship, money and judgment.

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