... than laws'. This is inexorably reflected via Austen's incessant strive to establish and demonstrate the correct code of conduct, in all areas of social behaviour. I will examine Austen's Northanger Abbey and Pride and Prejudice, observing the use of manners and the significance attached to its literary convention. As we follow our young narrator ... and not on their claims of decorum. Pride and Prejudice has been described as a comedy of manners'; a characteristic of the Restoration comedy which deals with the relations and intrigues of gentlemen and ladies living in a polished and sophi...

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