Jane Austen's _Pride and Prejudice_ continues to be popular nearly two hundred years after it was first published. What makes the novel relevant to twenty-first-century audiences? Marcia McClintock Folsom talks about the great appeal of the novel's heroine, Elizabeth Bennet; Rachel Brownstein shares her insights about film and television versions of Austen's novel; and Susan Staves explores the marriage market at the heart of the novel. Fifteen- and thirty-second promos available. If you are interested in this, see our pieces at: http://prx.org/pieces/16877 What's the Word? Elizabeth I and Victoria http://prx.org/pieces/16840 What's the Word? Women Warriors http://prx.org/pieces/16838 What's the Word? Medieval Women http://prx.org/pieces/17295 What's the Word? Women Public Intellectuals Photo: Courtesy of JASNA (Jane Austen Society of North America)