Pride and Prejudice - Austen's Best Work

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Pride and Prejudice Review

By Sithmi



‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.’
Austen's best-loved tale of love, marriage and society in class-conscious Georgian England still delights modern readers today with its comedy and characters. It follows the feisty, quick-witted Elizabeth Bennet as her parents seek to ensure good marriages for her and her sisters in order to secure their future. The protagonists Darcy and Elizabeth learn much about themselves and those around them and Austen's expertly crafted comedy characters of Mrs. Bennet and Mr. Collins demonstrate her great artistry as a writer.

Jane Austen's writing skills never fail to amaze me. And as any good book would affect my writing and speaking behaviour temporarily, Pride & Prejudice has had quite the consequence on me.

Austen portrays society from the inside and reveals to us the complications and entanglements involved. The opinions and judgements held by the different classes in society are not much different from our modern world.

 The brewing relationship between Jane Bennet and Mr. Bingley go almost side by side to Elizabeth's and Mr. Darcy's. All four face barriers that halt them from moving forward with their relationships. However Jane and Bingley's feelings never really fade but are altered ever so slightly due to the external forces of society. Whereas obviously it is Darcy’s pride and Elizabeth’s prejudice that keeps them apart. And amid this are the rumours of each other and their life styles that differ.

The relationship between each character plays a role from beginning to end, which ends satisfactory and happily for all, of course except Lady Catherine and Miss Bingley. Oh well.

Nevertheless, Austen’s plot is amazingly devised and constructed in such way that we are able to explore society’s makings and influences. Mr. Collins and Mrs. Bennet are clearly submissive to conformities and crave to be the high end class and thus are desperate to do what they can. Lady Catherine and Miss Bingley represent that high end upper class, and they both desire to build the social profiles more with wealth and connections.
It's one of readers' favourites from Jane Austen and well loved for a reason. Reading this will definitely take you back to those English days filled with society’s rules and majority’s reasoning. It will make you question your own community and associations.

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