explore the variety of attitudes towards marriage and love in Pride and Prejudice
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'Pride and Prejudice' W.J.E.C literature- Pre 1914 prose. With detailed reference to chapters 1, 19, 34 and 58 of 'Pride and Prejudice' explore the variety of attitudes towards marriage and love. Jane Austen was born on December 16th 1775; she was the seventh of eight children. The Austen family, a happy, well educated and affectionate family lived at the rectory in the parish of steventon in Hampshire. Of all Jane Austen's novels 'Pride and Prejudice' seems to be the most popular and the most famous of them all. It is a love story, and romance is the key theme in the novel. In the times of Jane Austen, marriage helped women to move up in society and gain freedom which they could not get from their families. Men were the breadwinners in the household, however as of today marriage is very different as the two people have become equal, both partners...

