Love and Marriage in Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen’s great masterpiece.It discusses love and marriage between middle class and upper class in Britain in 19th century.This thesis aims at analyzing love and marriage in Pride and Prejudice.There are three chapters in this thesis.Chapter one portrays the social background of the author and the social background of Pride and Prejudice.Chapter two describes the concept of love and marriage in Britain in 19th century and four marriages in the novel.Chapter three analyses Jane Austen’s concept of love and marriage:love and marriage are closely connected with property and social status;however,an ideal marriage should be based on true love.Marriages that based on money and social status can not lead to a happy life.