Pride and Prejudice A Story of Love Deception Misunderstanding and Sententious T wits Jane Austen 17751817 The Move from Bath to Chawton Chawton Cottage Publication History of Pride and Prejudice ID: 589898
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Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
A Story of Love, Deception, Misunderstanding, and Sententious
T
witsSlide2
Jane Austen, 1775-1817Slide3
The Move from Bath to ChawtonSlide4
Chawton CottageSlide5
Publication History of Pride and Prejudice
The first draft, entitled
First Impressions
, completed in 1799
Published as
Pride and Prejudice
in January of 1813
A public and critical success, a second edition is ordered in October 1813
Still published anonymouslySlide6
Famous First Lines
“It
is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a
wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a
neighbourhood
, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.”Slide7
Overview of Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth
Bennet
(
O
ur pert and opinionated heroine)
Jane
Bennet
(
Her lovely sister, in love with Mr. Bingley)
Lydia
Bennet
(Youngest
Bennet
sister, wild and unprincipled)
Mr. Bingley (Rich, pleasant new man in the neighborhood, in love with Jane
Bennet
)
Mr. Darcy (Bingley’s supercilious but ultimately good-hearted friend, admirer of Elizabeth)
Caroline Bingley (Scheming and derisive sister of Bingley, in love with Mr. Darcy)
Mr. Collins (Sanctimonious prig, inheritor of
Bennet
estate)
Mr. Wickham (Handsome and manipulative rake)
Lady Catherine de
Bourgh
(Irritatingly class-conscious and bossy aunt of Darcy)
Georgiana Darcy (Innocent and ostentatiously helpless sister of Darcy)Slide8
Dancing in the Regency Period
Most popular dances were the English Country Dance, the Cotillion, and the Scotch Reel
These dances were bouncy and lively, with a group of couples lining up together and dancing as a whole and individually
Note that the waltz wasn’t introduced until 1810, and this dance was generally considered “shocking” because the couples “embraced” each other
Social class was extremely important in choosing partnersSlide9
Nature vs. Nurture in Austen’s Works
Austen, in keeping with the tradition of the “bourgeois” novel, is fascinated by the differences between breeding and character
While retaining some emphasis on good breeding, Austen generally abandons the assertion that birth is the mark of character
However, Austen also questions the role of influence, or upbringing, in
Pride and Prejudice
. She suggests that a person with a strong character can overcome an insufficient upbringing, while a weak character requires good influences, a solid education, and good examples