Pride and Prejudice (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jane Austen
- First Published: 1813
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: Rural England
- Principal Characters: Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, Jane Bennet, Elizabeth Bennet, Mary, Catherine (Kitty), Lydia Bennet, Mr. Bingley, Caroline Bingley, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Collins, Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Genres: Long fiction, Fiction of manners, Bourgeois fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Marriage, Prejudices or antipathies, Class consciousness, Manners or customs, England or English people, Sisters, Money, Soldiers, Conformity, Gossip, Pretensions, Dating
- Locales: Hertfordshire, England
The Story:
The chief business of Mrs. Bennet’s life was to find suitable husbands for her five daughters. Consequently, she was elated when she heard that nearby Netherfield Park had been let to a Mr. Bingley, a gentleman from the north of England. Gossip reported him to be a rich and eligible young bachelor. Mr. Bingley’s first public appearance in the neighborhood was at a ball. With him were his two sisters, the husband of the older, and Mr. Darcy, Bingley’s friend. Bingley was an immediate success in local society, and he and Jane, the oldest Bennet daughter, a pretty...
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