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Discuss Jane Austen's treatment of the theme of marriage in Pride and Prejudice Austen's view that marriage should be based on a developed knowledge of one another; intellectual and personal compatibility as well as genuine love and attraction was radical for her time. The main views of marriage at the time were that it should be for either economic security of women, because they could not work or inherit, social cohesion, because they were both from the same class, if the marriage was arranged or if the security of financial/land ownership by inter-marriage between "great" families and estates. Mrs Bennet is introduced with lots of gushing, direct speech such as "But it is, for Mrs Long has just been here and she told me all about it." This gives the reader the impression that she is slightly nosey and a gossip, whereas Mr Bennet's character is established with reported speech, making...

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