... Prejudice: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice has delighted readers for nearly two hundred years. How has Austen's novel been so successful and still remain one of the world's most commonly read books? People still enjoy this writing because of its honesty and wit. Despite stereotypes and expectations, people know the darker side of life, reality. No one person is completely honest ... and the absurdly self-important Lady Catherine De Bourgh." SparkNote by Ross Douthat This novel is well described as internal gossip. Meaning that instead of doing it ourselves, we can read about other peo...

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• Grade Level: High School

... he will be called upon to recite them so that they may be re-written. Captain Beatty is another essential character. While Beatty's character vehemently detests books and those who read them, paradoxically, he is well educated and often includes literary references in each of his conversations with Montag. While the supporting characters such as Millie, Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowels ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate