Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is set in 19th century England and tells the story of the Bennet family and their five unmarried daughters. When the wealthy Mr. Bingley moves to their neighborhood, he takes a liking to the eldest Bennet daughter Jane. However, his friend Mr. Darcy clashes repeatedly with the second eldest daughter Elizabeth due to pride and prejudices on both sides. The climax of the novel occurs when Darcy professes his love to Elizabeth, who rejects him, but he gives her a letter that changes her negative view of him by exonerating him from earlier accusations. This pivotal moment marks the turning point where both characters begin to question their initial judgments of each other.

2. POPULAR ENGLISH NOVEL

3. PRIDE & PREJUDICE

4. Mr. Bennet sweet home

5. ABOUT NOVEL……
First published in 1813.
Pride and Prejudice has consistently
been Jane Austen's most popular novel.
The original version of the novel was written
in 1796-1797 under the title First Impressions,
and was probably in the form of an exchange of
letters.

6. MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE
NOVEL

7. SETTING OF THE NOVEL
 Set in England in the early 19th century.
 Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs
Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and
eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr
Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood.
 While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the
eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty
adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the
second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.

8. STYLE
Pride and Prejudice, like most of Austen's works,
employs the narrative technique of free indirect speech.
This has been defined as "the free representation of a
character's speech, by which one means, not words actually
spoken by a character, but the words that typify the
character's thoughts, or the way the character would think
or speak, if she thought or spoke".
By using narrative that adopts the tone and vocabulary
of a particular character (in this case, that of Elizabeth),
Austen invites the reader to follow events from Elizabeth's
viewpoint, sharing her prejudices and misapprehensions. "

9. THEMES OF THE NOVEL
A major theme in much of
Austen's work is the importance of
environment and upbringing on the
development of young people's
character and morality.

10. OTHER THEMES ARE………
LOVE
REPUTATION
MARRIAGE
CLASS
WEALTH
SELF KNOWLEDGE

11. The title Pride and Prejudice refers (among
other things) to the ways in
which Elizabeth and Darcy first view each other.
The initial misunderstandings and later mutual
enlightenment between Elizabeth Bennet (whose liveliness and
quick wit have often attracted readers) and the haughty Darcy.
"The whole of this unfortunate business," said Dr.
Lyster, "has been the result of PRIDE and PREJUDICE. ... Yet
this, however, remember: if to PRIDE and PREJUDICE you
owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil
balanced, that to PRIDE and PREJUDICE you will also owe
their termination ..."

12. THE
CLIMAX OF
THE
NOVEL

13. So many feels in this climax. Darcy finally proposes to
Elizabeth, and Elizabeth essentially tells him that she wouldn't
marry him if he was the last man on earth.
But! That's not the end of the climax!
Darcy gives Elizabeth a letter that exonerates him from all the
charges she leveled against him.
Both of our heroes start to question themselves: can
Elizabeth really be such a good judge of character if she was
fooled by Darcy and Wickham's exterior masks?
This is the climax of the novel because the greatest
attitude shifts come here. It's smoother (not quite smooth)
sailing from here on out for our two main characters.