Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

           Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen takes place in 19th century England. The book plays around with class and a love story with a odd start. It all starts out when Charles Bingley who invites the 5 unmarried Bennet sisters for marriage along with others to a ball. Charles Bingley is a wealthy man whose in need of a spouse. However, when one of the sisters, Elizabeth asks Darcy, who is Charles friend to dance. Charlies denies her since she isn't as wealthy as her.
 
         In this book, Darcy and Elizabeth and falls in love with each other. However Elizabeth is compelled not to fall in love since he refused to dance with her because of her economic status. But her economic status isn't the only thing that people notice. In the 19th century society in England, a woman must be on her best behavior everywhere. When a woman doesn't act " normal " as the book so says it, her reputation is at risk. Not to mention, certain privileges are taken away. Just like Mrs. Bennet, who is very foolish. Out of the whole book, she is my favorite character since she acts nor as a normal person during that time, but she does express her characteristics. However, she wants her children to get married really quickly. Mrs. Bennet plays a really big role, since she wants to get her daughters married, but her always reputation ruins it in the end, she doesn't have that normal social status in the 19th century. In this time period, people normally didn't marry each other for love, ladies didn't have much of a choice. They married mostly based on social status, looks, family history, economic history.

         So far, this book has taught me a lot of history of how life was long ago. Not to mention how society made woman their prime suspect. Woman couldn't express like themselves today. They had to hide their identity.