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PrideandPrejudiceI.IntroductionPartOne:AbouttheBook.Name:PrideandPrejudiceAuthor:JaneAustenMaincharacters:Mr.andMrs.BennetElizabethBennetMr.DarcyMr.BingleyJaneBennetMaryBennetCatherineBennetLydiaBennetMr.WickhamMr.CollinsNarrations:FirstandthirdpersonnarrationTime:PrideandPrejudicewasfirstwrittenin1796asFirstImpressions.Itwasrewritten(andretitled)in1812andpublishedin1813.PartTwo:AbouttheAuthor.JaneAusten(1775-1817)wasbornatSteventonrectoryinHampshire,England.Austenwastheyoungestdaughterofthelargefamily,withsixbrothersandonesister.Herfatherisaclergyman.WhenAustenwaseightyearsold,shewassenttoOxfordtobeeducated.Becauseofsomeaccident,shereturnedhometocontinuehereducation.From1785to1786,AustenandhersisterattendedtheReadingLadiesBoardingSchool,wheretheystudiedFrench,spelling,needlework,music,anddancing.Forcedtoreturnhomeforeconomicreasons,Austencontinuedtodevelopherliterarymindundertheguidanceofherfather.Beginninginherteenyears,Austenwrotepoems,stories,andcomicpiecesfortheamusementofherfamily.Shecompiledseveralofthepieceswrittenbetween1787and1793intothreeboundnotebooks,whicharenowreferredasAusten’sJuvenilia.Austenwasalsoexposedtodramaandcomedy.AustenalsobecametosketchoutideasforthenovelthatwouldlaterbecomeSenseandSensibility.In1795,AustenmetTomLefroy,thenephewoftheirneighborsatSteventon.AustenspentagreatdealoftimewithTomLefroyandhadromanticfeelingswithhim.Unfortunately,amarriagebetweenthetwowasimpractical,andLefroy’sfamilysoonsenthimaway.AfterherbriefromancewithLefroy,AustenbeganworkonasecondnovelcalledFirstImpressions,whichwouldlaterbecomePrideandPrejudice.WhilelivingatChawton,Austensawtheanonymouspublicationoffourofhernovels:SenseandSensibilityin1811,PrideandPrejudicein1813,MansfieldParkin1814,andEmmain1815.InJuly1816,Austencompletedthefirstdraftofhernextnovel,titledTheElliots,whichwouldlaterbepublishedasPersuasion.Inearly1816,Austensufferedanillness(MostbiographersbelievethatshesufferedfromAddison’sdisease)thatledhertodeaththefollowingyear.Despiteherillness,Austencontinuedtoworkonherwriting.SherevisedtheendingtoTheElliotsandstartedworkonSandition.ShediedonJuly8,1817,leavingSanditionunfinished,andwasburiedatthecity’sfamouscathedral.ThetwonovelsNorthangerAbbeyandPersuasionwerepublishedposthumouslyasasetin1817.JaneAustennevermarriedinherwholelife.ShelivedmostofherlifeinacommunitymuchliketheonewefindinPrideandPrejudice.Austen’snovel,focusingoncourtshipandmarriage,remainwell-knownfortheirsatiricdepictionsofEnglishsocietyandthemannersofthetime.Herinsightsofthelivesofwomenduringthelateeighteenthcenturyandtheearlynineteenthcentury–inadditiontoherabilitytohandleform,satire,andirony–havemadeheroneofthemoststudiedandinfluentialnovelistsofhertime.II.SummaryoftheBookThenarrativeopenswithMr.Bingley,awealthy,charmingandsocialyoungbachelor,movingintoNetherfieldhouseintheneighborhoodoftheBennetfamily.Mr.Bingleyissoonwellreceived,whilehisfriendMr.Darcymakesalessfavorablefirstimpressionbyappearingproudataballthattheyattend.Mr.BingleysinglesoutElizabeth’seldersister,Jane,forparticularattention.Anditsoonbecomesapparentthattheyhaveformedanattachmenttoeachother.Bycontrast,DarcyandElizabethdonotdevelopagoodrelationshipwitheachother.OnpayingavisittoMr.Bingley’ssister,JanecatchesacoldandisforcedtostayatNetherfieldforseveraldays.Elizabetharrivestotakecareofhersister.Mr.DarcybeginstoperceivehisattachmenttoElizabeth.Mr.CollinspaysavisittotheBennets.ItsoonbecomesapparentthatMr.CollinshastochooseawifefromtheBennetsistersandElizabethhasbeensingledout.Atthesametime,ElizabethformsanacquaintancewithMr.Wickham,amilitaryofficer.FromMr.Wickham,ElizabethknowssomethingbadaboutMr.Darcy,whichmakesElizabethhavemoreprejudiceagainstMr.Darcy.AtaballgivenbyMr.BingleyatNetherfield,Mr.DarcybecomesawareofageneralexpectationthatMr.BingleyandJanewillmarry.ButtheBennetfamily,withtheexceptionofJaneandElizabeth,behaveinpoormannersattheball.Thefollowingmorning,Mr.CollinsasksElizabethtomarryhim,butisrefused.Mr.CollinsrecoversandbecomesengagedtoElizabeth’sclosefriendCharlotte.Mr.BingleyreturnstoLondonsuddenly,andElizabethisconvincedthatMr.DarcyseparateshimfromhersisterJane.Inthespring,ElizabethvisitsCharlotteandMr.Collins.TheyvisitRosingsPark,homeofLadyCatherinedeBourgh,Darcy’saunt.Coincidentally,Darcyalsoarrivestovisit.DarcyagainfindshimselfattractedtoElizabethandproposestoher.Elizabeth,however,hasjustlearnedofDarcy’sroleinseparatingMr.BingleyfromJane.Soshegetsangrywithhimandquarrelswithhim.Mr.Darcyrespondswithaletter,explaininghisactions.ElizabethlatercametoacknowledgethetruthofDarcy’swords.Somemonthslater,ElizabethandherAuntandUncleGardinervisitPemberley,Darcy’sestate,believingthathewillbeabsentfortheday.ButMr.Darcyreturnsunexpectedly.Thoughsurprised,Mr.Darcyshowswelcometotheirvisitation.HetreatstheGardinersfriendlyandintroducesElizabethtohissister.AndElizabethbeginstopayattentiontoMr.Darcy.Atthistime,ElizabethknowsthathersisterLydiahasrunawaywithMr.Wickham.LydiaandWickhamaresoonfound,andthenmarried.Theyvisithome,andLydiaspeakscarelesslythatitisMr.Darcywhofindsthe