Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, set in Nineteenth century England, is a novel about marriage. Austen's feminine writing and storyline creates a classic novel. The novel, Pride and Prejudice is essentially a satire of social behavior. This is especially projected over the theme of marriage. Austen plays on this social behavior and seems to be making a statement. There is no drastic action or heroic characters. However, through the course of the novel Austen convincingly …showed first 75 words of 1110 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1110 total…of marriage can appeal today as social classes and position are factors in people's marriages. Austen seems to be saying that none of this is important, and one should marry someone that he or she really likes as a person, not as a means of prestige. The fact that we can take this in account in the 21 Century makes the novel classic, good literature. Bibliography Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1995.