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    w Book review Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen. It was written between 1796-1797 and originally titled First Impressions but wasn’t published until 1813. It was most probably turned down because of a female author. It is a story about society and the relationships of family‚ focusing on the Bennet’s‚ specifically the two eldest daughters Elizabeth and Jane. The book is filled with sarcasm‚ humor and romance. The author had a lot to say about

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    The novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was originally titled First Impressions. This is significant because it reflects the values and attitudes of 19th century England‚ and portrays the main themes of the novel. It is set in England during the 1800’s and Austen focuses on a society whose opinions are based on first impressions. This is achieved through cultural context‚ characterisation‚ narratorial commentary‚ and methods/techniques. During the 19th Century‚ first impressions were very

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    Pride and Prejudice Book Review Pride and Prejudice‚ a classic novel by Jane Austen‚ tells the story of a complicated love that develops between what was thought to be two very different personalities. The protagonist‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ misjudges a man upon rumor and appearance‚ but finds out she is extraordinarily wrong. The novel explains how difficult it is to fully understand someone after settling upon assumptions and being under the influence of the authorities around them. However this

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    The story Pride and Prejudice is about Elizabeth Bennet –the protagonist- her four sisters‚ her mother and her father live in England in Harfordshire. Mr. Bingley a handsome‚ rich young man goes and visits where the Bennet’ s live and Mrs. Bennet tries to get one of her daughters married as soon as she sees the opportunity. Mrs. Bennet missing no time gets Jane Bennet (Elizabeth’s sister) to counter with Mr. Bingley- who she later marries- and falls in love but‚ Mr. Darcy separates them because of

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    |Relationships of Reality | |[An analysis of marriages present in Jane Austen’s Pride and | |Prejudice] | | | | | |

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    Marriage in the 21st century has been considered to be a sacred declaration of eternal love between two individuals. However‚ in the 19th century‚ marriage rarely ensued due to love‚ but instead for security and bettering one’s social class. In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ many characters prove to have various superficial reasons to marry. For example‚ Charlotte Lucas marries a pompous‚ arrogant man for security due to the pressures of society placed on women in Austen’s era. Despite the dishonorable

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    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen I have read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Jane Austen was born on the 16th of December in 1775‚ and died on the 18th of July in 1817 at an age of 41 years. She was brought up in wealthy family in the lower fringe of the landed gentry. She wrote romantic fiction and her works include novels such as Sense and Sensibility‚ Persuasion and Mansfield Park. She didn’t reach much public success during her lifetime‚ but has since then been critically approved

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    can be easily understood. Jane Austen’s novel‚ Pride and Prejudice conveys various messages that pertains mainly about marriage and love. Most individual correlate marriage with love. However‚ in this novel‚ Jane Austen conveys the readers a totally different perspective of how marriage truly viewed as in her era. Prejudice among individuals due to class and status is one of the main theme the author mainly tried to convey throughout the story. Prejudices which are formed about people based on first

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    Austen‚ Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Bantam Books‚ New York‚ 1813-1981. Pride and prejudice is romantic novel and was written during a time of war in Britain where Austen grew up. This book is very interesting and it might rise a lot of question in it’s readers mind. This book is also the book I‘m doing my research on and though it has little comparison to history but it reflects a lot of values. The book talks mostly about marriage and reflects social issues. This novel shows us that love can overwhelm

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    Book Report on Pride and Prejudice The author of Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen who was born in Steventon‚ Hampshire‚ in the south of England‚ in 1775 and died at the age of 41. She began writing at the age of fourteen as entertainment for her family. Austen’s early writing often made gentle fun of popular fiction of the time. Love and Friendship‚ her first book (completed in 1790)‚ was not very kind to those writers who scorned emotional self-control. Northanger Abbey was written at the

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