Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin

This is a novel written by Jane Austen(December 1775 – 18 July 1817), an English novelist whose plots often were about dependence of women on marriage in order to achieve a favourable social standing and economic security.

She is known for six major novels “Sense and sensibility, Mandsfield Park, Emma, Northander Abbey, Persuassion and Pride and prejudice”

This is a romantic,fun and very entertaining novel which I was delighted to read. 

Set in the early 1800´s it gives us a background of that time.

One of the famous quote is:

“It is a truth universally acknowledge, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”

This lines reflects the essential aspiration of middle and upper class families in England in the late 18th century, when the marriage was the first aspiration for women.

The book tells us the story of five sisters(all with very different character)  whose mother only thinks on the importance to have all of them well-married, and throughout the book we find love, disapointments, misunderstandings and reconciliations.

In my opinion Jane Austen’s books are mainly written for women and for those who like romantic novels.

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Maite Lardiez

Anglès

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