Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Introduction. Jane Austen is a unique author in the history of English literature. Although Jane Austen lived and wrote two centuries ago, her style is still a model for many authors. Writers, critics, and directors turn to her works. For every educated Englishman, the name Jane Austen is associated with the images of heroes that he remembers, recognizing their speech and habits in people living today.

Although Austen's novels cover a narrow framework defined by the writer herself, they do not contain secrets, distant countries, unusual adventures, Jane Austen does not describe wars, revolutions, and this work does not become less attractive. Jane focuses her attention on the seemingly inconspicuous but important. Her novels show that the ordinary has its charms and difficulties. Austen's works teach us to love what we have, to be truthful and responsive, to act according to reason. The writer raises issues of upbringing in the family, relationships between spouses, parents and children. Many of the characters Austen: Mrs. Bennet, Thomas Bertram, and Mr. Collins continue to live in English society. Therefore, today's England is experiencing a real “boom” Jane Austen. Her works are closely studied. Her novels are reprinted in large editions. 

Studying the works of Jane Austen is important, as she is the founder of realism of the XIX century. Without knowing her tastes, her writing style, her personality, we cannot appreciate the works of other authors of the XIX century, who took and reworked much of what she wrote herself. Studying the stylistic features of Jane Austen's novels, you can understand her influence on her followers, since without understanding the past, it is impossible to move forward. At the same time, Jane Austen collected all the best that was in literature before her, she synthesized what Richardson and Fielding had achieved.

Main body. Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's most widely read, best-known, and best-loved novel. The writer worked on the content for many years, improved, improved. The initial version of the work was called "First Prejudices".