The Attitude Towards Marriage and Money in Pride and Prejudice

Abstract

Jane Austen, the most prominent nineteenth century English female novelist, describes vividly the value of marriage and money of female at that time in her six novels. Especially her magnum opus Pride and Prejudice (1813) demonstrates it with the most powerful and exhilarating extension, which lays a strong foundation of being the widely recommended works ever since it has been published. This paper concentrates on the four different types of marriage, specifically revealing the differentiation between them. What’s more, it also explores the social causes of different phenomenon in depth in order to seek for a wider social vision out of Austen’s small-scale and low-angel writing.