Which class of English society is portrayed in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?

Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" portrays the upper middle class, or gentry, of English society in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The novel focuses on the Bennet family, who are of the landed gentry, and their interactions with the wealthy and titled Darcy and Bingley families.

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