Classic Romance,
Pride and Prejudice
By: Kristhel, María Fernanda & Julián
Writer: Jane Austen
Index Jane Austen's ID Card ................................. 3 Background ................................................... 4 Major Achievements ...................................... 5 Summary of the literary work ...................... 6 Story Outline (Part 1) .................................... 7 Story Outline (Part 2) ................................... 8 Story Outline (Part 3) ................................... 9 Crossword ..................................................... 10
Jane Austen's ID Card Birth Date: December 16th, 1775 Birth Place: Steventon, United Kingdom Education: In 1783, Jane and her sister Cassandra were send to Oxford to be educated by Mrs. Ann Cawley, a year later, they were home schooled until Jane attended boarding school in Reading with her sister at the Reading Abbey Girls school. They returned home before December 1786 because the school fees for the two girls were too high for the Austen family. After 1786, Jane "never again lived anywhere beyond the bounds of her immediate family environment"
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Background: - With the publication of Sense and sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieve success as a publisher writer, she wrote two other novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (both in 1818), she began another, titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, the short epistolary novel Lady Susan, and another unfinished novel, The Watsons. - A significant transition in Jane's reputation occurred in 1833, when her novels were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series, illustrated by Ferdinand Pickering, and sold as a set, they gradually gained wider acclaim and popular readership. 4
Major achievements: -Jane's work have attracted legions of scholars. The first dissertation on Jane Austen was published in 1883, by George Pellew, a student at Harvard University, another early analysis came from a 1911 essay by A. C. Bradley, who grouped Jane's novels into "early and late" works, a distinction still used today. - Jane's plots highlight women's traditional dependence on marriage to secure social standing and economic security. As an art form, the 18th century novel lacked seriousness of its equivalents from the 19th century, when novels were treated as "the natural vehicle for discussion and ventilation of what mattered in life". Rather than going too deeply into the psyche of her characters, Austen enjoys them and imbues them with humor, according to the critic John Bayley. He believes that the well-spring of her wit and irony is her own attitude that comedy "is the saving grace of life".
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Summary of the literary work Pride and Prejudice This book has quite a few things that a literary work may contain: - It gives a positive and realistic message - It's romance literature Pride and prejudice narrates the adventures and amorous adventures of the Bennet sisters, focusing on the character of Elizabeth Bennet, through which the author introduces us to the society of the 1800s that places women in a more notorious place than their rightful place in that time. For me, this literary work is very interesting because of its way of narrative. 6
Story Outline Part 1 Opening Scene Mrs.Bennet is talking with Mr.Bennet about the arrival of Mr.Bingley at Netherfield Park. This conversation occurs at their home, in ancient England in the countryside in the 1800s. The principal plot is about a family who has 5 daughters and they must marry a wealthy man. Incident The protagonists (Elizabeth Bennet & Mr.Darcy) met at a ball, at first, they didn’t like each other. Mr.Darcy was a very arrogant man with a lot of pride and Elizabeth was a very prejudiced woman. First turning point When Jane (her sister) goes to dinner with Mr.Bingley’s sister, she gets sick and has to stay at Netherfield Park. Elizabeth goes to take care of her, Mr.Darcy is in there and they start to know each other. 7
Part 2 Confrontation and Conflict Elizabeth goes to visit her friend Charlotte, Elizabeth was invited to Rosings Park where Darcy was a guest, because his aunt is the owner. During that time, they saw each other several times and Darcy propose to Elizabeth, she rejects him and blames him of Jane and Bingley’s breakup and Mr.Wickham’s history Defeat Before Darcy leaves Rosings Park, he writes a letter to Elizabeth, where he explains all about his reasons to interfere between Bingley and Jane. Also, he explains all about his relationship and situation with Mr.Wickham. 8
Part 3 Second turning point Elizabeth returns home and realizes that she was wrong about all her thoughts about Mr.Darcy. Her aunt and uncle are visiting Longbourn and they invite her to go with them on a trip. On this trip they go to Darcy’s house and they meet again. Second Confrontation and Conflict During the trip Elizabeth receives a letter from Jane informing her that their little sister, Lydia, ran away with Mr.Wickham. When Darcy finds out, he decides to help them with the problem and goes to find them in London and pays Wickham the money he wants and he obligates them to marry. Resolution Elizabeth comes back home, sad because she thinks she lost Darcy because of all the things that happened. Some days later, Bingley and Darcy go visit Longbourn, Mr.Bingley proposes to Jane, she accepts and the next day Darcy’s aunt confronts Lizzy about the rumors about Darcy’s proposal, she denies and rejects her promise of never marrying him. This situation makes Darcy realize that she really loves him and he comes back to Longbourn to ask her to marry him, again. Elizabeth accepted and they lived happily ever after. 9
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The Complete Novel, with nineteen letters from the characters correspondence, written and folded by hand.
Kristel Yuliana Pérez María Fernanda Castillo Umaña Julián Linares Virgüez 7-A