Review Of Jane Austen’S Pride And Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is a humorous novel of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. The author of this book was Jane Austen, an English novelist, known primarily for her six major novels which interpreted critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. This book was published in the year 1813 of January, where a lot of people enjoyed reading it up to this year.
The story was set in rural England in the early 19th century. It follows the Bennet family which includes their five very different daughters. Mrs. Bennet is very anxious to see all of her daughters married, especially as the modest family estate is to be inherited by William Collins when Mr. Bennet dies. The wealthy and newly arrived Charles Bingley takes an immediate interest in the eldest Bennet daughter, the beautiful and shy Jane. The encounter between his friend Darcy and Elizabeth is less cordial. The pompous Collins arrives, hoping to marry one of the Bennet sisters. Elizabeth, however, refuses his offer, and instead becomes engaged with her friend Charlotte Lucas. During this time, Elizabeth encounters the charming George Wickham, a military officer.
There was a mutual attraction between the two, and he informs her that Darcy has denied him his inheritance. After Bingley abruptly departs for London, Elizabeth’s dislike of Darcy increases as she becomes convinced that he is discouraging Bingley’s relationship with Jane. Darcy, however, has grown increasingly fond of Elizabeth, admiring her intelligence and vitality. While visiting the now-married Charlotte, Elizabeth sees Darcy, who professes his love for her and proposes, which she refuses and when Darcy demands an explanation, she accuses him of breaking up Jane and Bingley. Darcy subsequently writes Elizabeth a letter in which he explains that he separated the couple because he did not believe Jane returned Bingley’s affection. He also added that Wickham, after squandering his inheritance, tried to marry Darcy’s 15-year-old sister in an attempt to gain possession of her fortune. With these revelations, Elizabeth begins to see Darcy in a new light. Shortly after the youngest Bennet sister, Lydia, elopes with Wickham.
The news is met with great alarm by Elizabeth, since the scandalous affair in which is unlikely to end in marriage could ruin the reputation of the other Bennet sisters. When she tells Darcy, he persuades Wickham to marry Lydia, offering him money. Despite Darcy’s attempt to keep his intervention a secret, Elizabeth learns of his actions. At the encouragement of Darcy, Bingley subsequently returns, and he and Jane become engaged. Finally, Darcy proposes again to Elizabeth, who this time accepts the engagement.
The novel satirizes the society of the 19th century, and particularly emphasizes the expection on women on this era. In particular, the novel focuses on the different ways love may grow or disappear, and whether or not society has room for romantic love and marriage to go together.Throughout the story, it becomes apparent that the novel is arguing that love is based on genuine compatibility is the most ideal.
As the title orate, the main themes in Pride and Prejudice are pride and prejudice. Elizabeth is shown to be guilty of prejudicially judging Darcy to be prideful. In addition, it turns out that improper pride is actually the reason behind Elizabeth's prejudice. Finally, while Darcy is recognized as feeling above his company, the reality is that he really is the most noble character in the book and found to actually not have any improper pride. We know that pride and prejudice are the most dominant themes in the book because it is these two themes that create the main conflict in the story, which is Elizabeth's dislike of Darcy and Darcy's unrequited love for Elizabeth.
The novel is very classic yet blasé. It will always gives you the same feeling as the first time you read it. The author was really capable of being funny, intuitive, romantic and witty at the same time. She has this ability to make her characters come out alive in each scenes which really made her novels on top of glory.
Why should you read Pride and Prejudice?
Pride and Prejudice will expand your mind by extensive reading and open your eyes to new values, ideas and viewpoints. Another reason is, to get to know Elizabeth Bennet. Her character taught the realities a woman must face, and the stereotypes we are constantly faced with. Another, Mr. Darcy, his beautiful wit and intelligence are so fun to read about. He is an ideal character that most of us fall in love with. Ultimately, the novel is a strong recommendation of love as a basis for marriage, something that was not always the case in its era but as well as our generation today. This is the reason why, the novel is still relevant centuries after it was written, so go discover it for yourself today or you'll never know.
