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Report Title: ,,Pride and Prejudice'' Author: Jane Austen Genre: Romantic novel Setting (time): 19th century Setting (place): England Tone: a bit depressed, satirical, vivid Themes: love, pride, prejudice, family, women and marriage Introduction Pride and Prejudice was first published on 28 January 1813 and it talks about love and marriage, personalities and misunderstanding, pride and prejudice. The book concentrates on the characters search of love, bafflements and feelings. The story is told from a third point of view. Characters · Elizabeth Bennet: The protagonist of the novel and the second oldest of five sisters, Elizabeth is lively, sharp-tongued, intelligent and good-looking · Mr. Darcy: An extremely wealthy aristocrat. He is proud, egotistic and extremely conscious. · Jane Bennet: Jane is the oldest in the family

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Jane Austens one of the best novels is ,,Pride and Prejudice" it was released in year 1813. Book starts with that sentence : "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man, in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" this already tells us what is ,,Pride and Prejudice" about. The book begins by introducing Bennets family, Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five unmarried daughters. In their family they had no boys to give the Bennets legacy over to a male member, so Mr Collins their cousin is getting the Bennets family legacy. Because of that Mrs. Bennet had a mission to put all her daughters to rich men. At the same time appears into neighborhood Mr Bingley a rich and handsome single man who had plans to move nearby to Netherfields manor. When Mrs. Bennet

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Pride and Prejudice Book Report

,,Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen Book Report Introduction: The book was written between 1796 and 1797 and it was first published on 28 January 1813. The setting takes place in England, mostly in places called Hertfordshire, Derbyshire and Kent. The genre of the book is the novel of manners: it shows the conflicts between two individuals and also the love growing between them. The main themes are love, and it shows very precisely the development of young people's character and morality. The main characters are Elizabeth Bennet- main female protagonist. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy- main male protagonist. Mr. Bennet - Elizabeth's father. Mrs. Bennet - wife of Mr

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Class and social status in Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Class and social status in Pride and Prejudice Mankind has been acknowledging one another's superiority since the dawn of time. In the novel under the discussion, social status has a great importance in the turn of events. Everyone in the novel is somehow influenced by the topic of fortune or social class. To start with, even though "Pride and Prejudice" touches on many different subjects and characters, its main events are related to or caused by the dogmas of class distinctions.

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Release Date: August 26, 2008 [EBook #1342] [Last updated: August 11, 2011] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PRIDE AND PREJUDICE *** Produced by Anonymous Volunteers, and David Widger PRIDE AND PREJUDICE By Jane Austen Contents  Chapter 1 Chapter 22

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Pride and prejudice

other while dancing, probably to find reasons for dislike which was dangerously fading and being transferred into interest. 9. What did an "accomplished woman" have to be like and what qualities to possess according to Darcy's definition? What did Elizabeth think about that definition? 10. Who were pride/prejudiced in the film in your opinion and why? Everyone have those kinds of qualities like pride and prejudgment - we all are humen. But the most prejudiced were clearly Mr.Wickham (for his handsome appearance) and Mr.Darcy, clearly. The ones with biggest pride were lady Lucas and Caroline Bingley, rich ladies with sharp tongue. · Task 2: Identify who uttered the quotes (the list of characters might be of help): *"My good opinion once lost is lost forever" Charlotte Lucas *"Oh, my goodness. Everybody behave naturally". Mrs. Bennet

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Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice  Table of contents Introduction Pride and prejudice The main characters The Bennets family The beginning of the film A turn in the life of the young Greaf in the Bennets family The film end Conclusion Pictures References  Introduction I have chosen this film because I like it very much. Pride and Prejudice tells us about a big family in England from the town called Meriton. In the film we can perfectly see the life in England at the end of the 18th century.  Pride and prejudice This movie was made after Jane Austen novel Directed by Simon Langton Composer: Care Davis Producer: Sue Birtwistle Country of origin: United Kingdom Genre: drama Tear of release: 1995 Duration of a film: 3 hours  The main characters

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Old Mr. Dashwood

Old Mr. Dashwood is the owner of a large estate in Sussex called Norland Park. Following the death of his sister, Mr. Dashwood invites his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood to come live with him at Norland. The younger Mr. Dashwood brings John Dashwood, his son from a previous marriage, as well as the three daughters born to his present wife. John Dashwood is grown and married, and has a four-year-old son, Harry. When Old Mr. Dashwood dies, he leaves his estate to John and little Harry, who had much endeared himself to the old man. But now John's father, Henry Dashwood, is left with no way of supporting his wife and three daughters, and he too dies one year later, leaving only ten thousand pounds for his family. Just before his death, he makes his son John promise to care for his stepmother and three half-sisters. Mr. John Dashwood initially intends to keep his promise and treat his female relatives generously, but his wife Fanny, a narrow-minded and selfish woman, convinces him to leave them

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