Shamicha Webster

Interesting

Pride and Prejudice: A great love story, but is it the story we want?
The 1813 book novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is about first impressions and the
effectives these impressions have. The author, Jane, was born on the 16th of December 1775
and later died on the 18th of July 1817. She began her journey of writing in the year of 1787,
publishing anonymously because as of that time women were restricted from doing quite a
lot. Her authorship of the novel only became known after its success. This captivating novel
later went on to win a Peabody award and continues to be a remarkable book, even now.

The book starts off with what is now a famous quote that gives the readers an overview of the
novel. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man of good fortune, must be in
want of a wife”. Themes such as class, love and reputation are explored. The story mainly
follows the growth in relationship of Mr. Darcy, a rich young man who recently came to the
neighborhood his good friend Mr. Darcy and Jane Bennet, one of the Bennet sisters whose
naïve and nonchalant nature almost cost her a man she truly loved.

Two other relationships are explored, one of which we could say is more of a scandal than
anything else. The twist, is that the ending is completely unexpected, but is it the ending we
wanted?

What if the lead relationship was one of the other two relationships, this is where the author
fell short. The story was built around two characters for it only to switch to anther two then
back to the first, then give us hints of an underlying romance to then end it off with a peculiar
twist. This was definitely the weakest point of miss Austens novel that almost made me give
up on the book, no doubt, but I was already in too deep.

Where there are weaknesses, there are most definitely a few strengths, the introduction of
Lady Catherine De Burne, even her name sounds powerful, that scene you picture when
reading about Lady Cate and Elizabeth Bennet having a conversation has made its mark in
my brain. I could feel the aura she exudes when she’s in a room. She was definitely more
than just a character, but that’s up to you to figure out.
 Shamicha Webster

The use of literature and language made it easy for me to transport myself into the story, even
to see myself as one of or multiple characters whenever due, though there were holes in parts
of the plot. However, the storylines premise was brilliant and engaging. If this was the goal of
the author, then it was effective

To sum up everything that has been stated so far, Jane Austens, Pride and Prejudice, is a good
read and I’d certainly recommend this book to bookworms and non-readers. It not only
actively demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of a good storyline but it reels the reader
in while not giving away too much detail too early.