Which novel by Jane Austen features the character Mr. Darcy?

The Jane Austen novel featuring Mr. Darcy is Pride and Prejudice.

Published on January 28, 1813, Pride and Prejudice follows Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates family pressures, social expectations, misunderstandings, and romantic choices. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, a wealthy landowner from Derbyshire, initially appears proud and socially aloof, leading Elizabeth to form a harsh judgment of him.

The novel’s central relationship develops through mutual self-examination. Darcy must confront his pride and class assumptions, while Elizabeth recognizes that her first impressions—especially those shaped by George Wickham’s charm—are unreliable. Austen uses irony and free indirect discourse to keep readers closely aligned with Elizabeth’s changing understanding.

Mr. Darcy is sometimes confused with characters from Austen’s other novels, but he belongs specifically to Pride and Prejudice. Mansfield Park centers on Fanny Price and Edmund Bertram; Emma follows Emma Woodhouse; and Sense and Sensibility focuses on Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Pride and Prejudice was Austen’s second published novel, though it was the third she wrote.