Pride &

Prejudice

By Jane Austen Reviewed by

Valentine
 tell the sisters are very eager to know
about him by the way they ‘attack’
their father with various questions
asked in various methods; “with
Here Mrs. Bennet’s wish of
barefaced questions, ingenious
seeing all her daughters married
suppositions, and distant surmises;
well is shown, ”If I can but see
but he eluded the skill of them all,”.
one of my daughters happily
When he doesn’t provide them with
settled at Netherfield and all the
any information about Mr. Bingley
others equally well married I
they ask their neighbor Lady Lucas
shall have nothing to wish for.
instead.
”The girls grieved over hearing
Interfering such a number of ladies; but were
comforted the day before the ball
by hearing, that instead of twelve,
he had brought only six with him
from London,”. Through inferring,
the girls ‘grieve’ because it
appeared Mr. Bingley had many
connections.
 I wonder whether the description
of Mr. Bingley met with the
expectations of the Bennet
sisters.
Mrs. Bennet was shown to be
quite shallow minded and I
wonder what she’ll do if all
her daughters were married.
I wonder how the plot story
would’ve changed had Mr.
Bingley bought more ladies with
Questions him to the ball. The more
characters might’ve meant Jane
Austen would’ve spent less time
on writing each character’s
personality which could’ve
resulted in a complicated
relationship web which would’ve
been confusing for the reader to
follow.
 ”He was quite young, wonderfully
handsome, extremely agreeable, and
to crown the whole…” The comas
and the way Mr. Bingley is
described in one sentence with all
positive characteristics gives the
readers a good impression on the
character.

”Nothing could be more delightful!” the

exclamation mark shows the Bennet
sisters’ excitement.
Punctuation
 I know from reading from
other non-fiction books that
in this period of time , ladies
could not meet gentlemen
outside of social events, it
would be considered
improper without a letter of
invite or official invitation.

In those days, marriage was

important because if the daughter
were to marry a person from a
wealthy family, the family would
be better off, so marrying for love
Prior Knowledge wasn’t an important priority back
in that era.
The the daughter were to be
married off it would also mean
one less mouth to feed.
Summary & Recommendation
Pride and Prejudice is a classic example of society in the early 1800s. It is
more than just how many people view it; a plain love story. Pride and
Prejudice is a delicately interwoven story with many unique characters with
their own personalities; the shy Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the hilariously
outgoing younger daughters all make the book very much enjoyable. The
language used is exceptionally elegant and certainly gives the reader a taste
of conversation in the 1800s with many witty dialogue between characters. I
highly recommend this book for readers who enjoy classics set in the 1800s
time period. If you haven’t read any classics, Pride and Prejudice is a nice,
light book to start with and isn’t tedious to read like other notable classics.