By Martina Ballarati and Isabella Castelli

JANE AUSTENPRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Five great reasons for success

UP-TO-DATEC

haracters’ characteristics :

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Lizz’s cleverness

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Mrs Bannet’s nerves

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youngest Bennet sisters’ vulgarity

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Mr. Collins’ vacuity

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” 

UNIVERSALITY

F

ew historic references

U

niversality of time, space and

characters prototypes

"Every disposition of the ground was good; and she looked on the whole scene, the river, the trees scattered on its banks, and the winding of the valley, as far as she could trace it"

CAPTIVATING AND TOUCHING

J

ane Austen can instigate emotional

tempests in the reader’s mind just by

telling a story that is apparently linear

and entertaining.

T

he message is “choose what makes you

happy”

“I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.” 

A

modern girl that has no fear of

telling her opinion. She’s coherent,

loyal and ironic about herself and

the others.

H

er relationship with Darcy is based

on intellectual power. Darcy has to

gain the respect of Liz; there’s no

ruling man that decides for both.

It’s a war on equal terms

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love

you.” 

“He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are

equal.” 

FEMINIST VIEW

SATISFYING

J

ane Austen can read

through our minds

and she could put in

words exactly the

essence of life.

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“Till this moment I never knew myself.”