Pride and Prejudice | Good Matches in Pride and Prejudice
In the following essay, C. Cordero discusses the role of social status in Regency England and how Austen criticizes this concept of marriage, instead contending that a good marriage consists of two people who are of similar mind and talents.
The primary concern of Pride and Prejudice is to determine how a young girl of some intelligence and beauty but not much money can enter into a good marriage in Regency England—a time and place in which a good marriage was determined almost entirely by the opportunity for money, status, and “connections” (networking) between families and businesses. Austen criticizes this concept of marriage as financial and social advancement, and instead contends that a good marriage consists of two people who are of similar mind and talents.
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