Upper-Class Values In The 19th Century

In the 19th century, there were many great literary works that were written about social class and interactions of the upper-class. As this century progressed, through the perspectives of the book “Pride and Prejudice,” published in 1813 by Jane Austen, and the play “The Importance of Being Earnest,” published in 1893 by Oscar Wilde, upper-class values can be explored. Through these works, some of the cultural values that have survived throughout the century include a value in possessing items of value, wealthy males are assumed to need a wife, parental concern over a daughter’s marriage, and determining one’s self-worth through the eyes of others. However, as time progressed, some of the cultural values can assumed to have changed from analyzing