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…The intricate nexus of marriage, money and love in Jane Austen's society is unfolded through the development of plots and characters of her novel Pride and Prejudice. In the nineteenth century's rural England, marriage was a woman's chief aim, both…

…Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and it's 2001 film appropriation, Bridget Jones's Diary, are the two texts I chose to explore for this assessment. All the major themes of Pride and Prejudice that reflect the world of Regency England's high society…

…Besides reading the novel Pride and Prejudice I also did some further reading such as Babb, H.S., Jane Austen's Novels: the Fabric of Dialogue and Wright, A., Jane Austen's Novels: A Study in Structure. I find those books are conveying a same idea…

…Jane Austen, author of Pride and Prejudice, uses humour in her novel to maintain the interest of the reader. Some have said that Pride and Prejudice is a simple tale of love and marriage, but it is in fact far more complex. At the least, it should…

…. Elizabeth Bennet was just such a young woman. "Pride and Prejudice", written by Jane Austen, gives its readers a glimpse of the world of women of the gentry in eighteenth century England. Jane Austen wrote about what she knew. As a daughter of the low gentry…

…to Elizabeth about her sister, she expressed her opinion as to Jane Bennet's relationship towards a gentleman. She says it is probably better not to study a person because you would probably know as much after twelve months as if she married him the next day…

…Although John Wiltshire's book Jane Austen and the Body is very well-written and in may ways fascinating, he falls short several times by either not fully explaining the significance of his findings according to his thesis, or by totally contradicting…

…a new piano, and this shows affection from Mr Darcy which along with him being caring to her we meet a new side to him. Jane Austen also shows us around the house, we can see that it is decorated very classy, but not over the top. Although Mr Darcy is rich…

…"The exploration of different kinds of selfishness gives Emma considerable depth of meaning beneath it's [sic] comic surface," and also contributes to that comedy. Jane Austen's characters inhabit a hyper-polite society, where admirable displays…

…Title: Briar Rose Creator/ Composer: Jane Yolen Published: Tom Doherty Associates, November 1993 Text Type: Novel Source: Library Summary: A young woman, Rebecca, promises her dying grandmother that she will uncover her past, as she believes she…