by Jane Austen
Read by Mr. Ronald Watkins

This is the first of a series of readings from 'Pride and Prejudice,' to he given at 6.50 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from today until September 8th, by Mr. Ronald Watkins. Admirers of Jane Austen's demure masterpiece must forgive us mentioning, in introducing it to many new readers, that it contains some of Her richest comic creations, and her most delightful heroine. The humours of Mr. Bennet, Lady Catherine de Burgh and Mr. Collins, the charm of Elizabeth and the pride of Mr. Darcy provide lively diversion for summer evenings.

'Pride and Prejudice' was written in 1797, but not published until 1813. But no rumblings from the Revolutionary Wars mar this serene tale of the storms in the tea-cups of English provincial society in the last days of the eighteenth century.