eatest romances ever written. If you've always wanted to read the classic, but just don't have the time, this abridged version can help. At just 15,000 (100's of pages shorter than the original) words long, this version of the classic novel will let you read Austen's classic in just hours, and provide you with an excellent overview of the entire novel. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman, living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.