Name the 19th century novel, which begins with the following sentence: ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.’
- Sense and Sensibility
- North and South
- Pride and Prejudice
- Vanity Fair
Answer
The correct answer is C) Pride and Prejudice.
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