Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice - An Analysis

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2, University of Graz, language: English, abstract: Pride and Prejudice is set primarily in the town of Hertfordshire, about 50 miles outside of London in the 19th century. The two most important places are Longbourn (residence of the Bennet family) and Netherfield Park (residence of the Bingleys). These two places are mentioned right at the beginning when Mrs. Bennet says: '[...] Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise of four [...]' (PP, 5) The residence of the Bennets is first mentioned in the third chapter of the first volume when it says '[...]They returned therefore in good spirits to Longbourn, the village where they lived, and of which they were the principal inhabitants. [...]' (PP, 13)