... desire to overcome this wall. Not only a twenty-first century reader, but a nineteenth century reader could have pointed out just how undesirable this situation is. Jane Austen has created a fairly complex story to surround a fairly simple moral: never judge a book by its cover. Put aside your pride and prejudices, and ... when reading Pride & Prejudice, will know the story of Elizabeth & Mr Darcy even before they have read it. In the case of love, Jane Austen has nothing more to say to the twenty-first century reader. Her ideas have been pioneering in her time, but again, they have been...

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... " by Jane Austen is centred on the Bennet family, a family consisting of Mrs Bennet, a rather silly, flighty woman, Mr Bennet, a man with a dry sense of humour, and their five daughters. The recurring themes of this novel are, as the title says, pride and prejudice. Through the characters that Austen has created ... want of a husband. Austin is already warning us that her novel is going to deal with courtship. Austen shows her main characters in this novel to suffer from both pride and prejudice. Jane Austen rarely describes a character's physical attributes, allowing the reader to visua...

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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 ... important. The reader is presented with Meryton, a highly structured class society which judges people on superficial qualities, such as physical appearance, social status, clothes, po...

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• Grade Level: High School