Compare & Contrast Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

This Study Guide consists of approximately 91 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Pride and Prejudice.
Study Guide
Related Topics

Compare & Contrast Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

This Study Guide consists of approximately 91 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Pride and Prejudice.
This section contains 247 words
(approx. 1 page at 400 words per page)
Buy the Pride and Prejudice Study Guide

1810s: Europe is submerged in warfare throughout most of the decade by the struggle against the ambitions of Napoleon Bonaparte to unite the continent under French rule. Two of Austen's brothers, Frank and Charles, entered the British Navy and fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

Today: For the first time since the Napoleonic Wars, Europe considers a single multinational government in the European Union.

1810s: In the early nineteenth century, a woman's education differed greatly from that of a man. While boys attended boarding schools and studied Latin, mathematics, and science, girls were schooled at home by governesses, focusing on the fine arts, writing, reading, and sewing.

Today: Over one hundred twenty-five million women graduated from high school in 1994 alone, while around eight hundred thousand females were enrolled in colleges and universities. Not limited to a specific gender, most American high schools and universities are...

(read more)

This section contains 247 words
(approx. 1 page at 400 words per page)
Buy the Pride and Prejudice Study Guide
Copyrights
Gale
Pride and Prejudice from Gale. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.