Pride and Prejudice is one of Jane Austen's most renowned and established novels. It was first published in 1813, four years before her death. The main focus of the novel is essentially about relationships; particularly those associated to love and marriage. This focus applies to many of her novels but, this does not make Austen a purely romantic novelist. The main reason why her pre-occupations towards love and marriage arise is chiefly because of the era in which the novels were written. At the time there was a very rigid society in which it was important for young women to...
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Overall, I think the character of Mrs Bennet is effective. Her sheer vulgarity and stupidity make us cringe with embarrassment. She is successful as a caricature. However, it is hard to believe that Jane and Elizabeth could have emerged so adequate from such an unruly environment, and that Lydia could be a product of the same environment that produced her two eldest sisters- the family is too dissimilar. Mrs Bennet is successful in her conveyance of comedy through Austen's excellent style, which combines fantastic economy for words and believable dialogue.