Jane Austen was a famous realistic woman writer of late 18th century and early 19th century. Born in a clerical family and educated strictly, Jane Austen created six novels and three unfinished stories, during just 42 peaceful years and was considered to be a prolific writer.
Among the works, Pride and Prejudice is the most successful and impressive masterpiece. y. It showed the daily lives The famous novel was written in 1813, and was very popular all the the time and had been read widely. It showed the daily lives and values of Middle-Class Englishmen of that time, which was male centered. Many people simply regard Pride and Prejudice as a love story, but in my opinion, this book is an illustration of the society at that time. Jane Austen perfectly reflected the relation between money and marriage at her time and gave the people in her work vivid character.
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Readers of Jane Austen can easily find out what marriage means and how its important social status is to women of Austen's time. In Pride and prejudice Jane Austen used the characters to tell her deep feeling of love and friendship with its ups and downs. For instance you have Darcy and Elizabeth who are the two heroines of this novel. Elizabeth's love is very important. At the beginning, Elizabeth refused to accept Darcy's pursue. Because in Elizabeth's mind, Darcy is very cold and extremely proud. He is rich and has high social status, and he looks down upon the middle-class girls. In particular he insulted Elizabeth Bennet, a girl of spirit and intelligence and his father's favorite. But as time goes by Darcy began to admire Elizabeth in spite of