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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen · 1813
81%of this book is inside a 1600-word core English vocabulary
122,956words in the book
6,388different words
4,038beyond the core

Ranked #18 of 32 — easiest first.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters. “My dear Mr.

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