You could study how money operates in R. K. Narayan’s The Guide and Jane Austen’s in Pride and Prejudice.

In The Guide, you could claim that wealth arrives in the form of the railroad. The railroad sets in motion a series of events that end with Raju becoming quite rich.

In Pride and Prejudice, you could say wealth arrives in the form of Mr. Bingley. It’s almost as if Bingley is the railroad. To get access to his fortune, Mrs. Bennett is determined to have him marry one of her five daughters.

You could also compare how marriage is depicted in both works. Neither novel seems to present marriage as a neat or straightforward endeavor.

In Pride and Prejudice, there are so many different dilemmas involving the sisters, Bingley, and Darcy that a reader might have a hard time sorting out the competing interests and emotions.

Meanwhile, in The Guide, Raju employs an array of complex strategies to try and separate Rosie from her husband. At one point, he even resorts to forgery.

You could also compare the trajectories of Rosie and Elizabeth. You could argue both are rather independent and willful. However, you could argue that in the end, Rosie ends up supporting Raju while Darcy ends up supporting Elizabeth.