On Jane Austen ’s View of Marriage through Pride and Prejudice Abstract: The novel Pride and Prejudice which was written in1813 is the masterpiece of the famous English novelist Jane Austen, and it is read widely all over the world. By describing several different marriages among young women of the middle class, the novel reveals that love is the foundation for a happy marriage, which should be based ona large amount of money. It is perfect for young women to enter marriage if they will get love and money at the same time. This is Austen ’s original viewpoint and marital ideal. Marriage and love are eternal topics inour society. Among these works, Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen is ed all over the world. In this novel, Jane Austen expresses her own opinions about this problem through the description of four couples ’ marriage, that is: marriage should not be determined by property and family status. It is unwise to marry without money, but it is also wrong to marry for money. The marriage settled by love is happy and ideal. Her views on marriage have great realistic significance to the modern society. This paper sums up Jane Austen ’s views on ideal marriage and its great realistic significance to the modern society from the analysis of four different types of marriage in the novel Keywords: Jane Austen, love, property, marital viewpoint, marital ideal 1 Content 1. Introduction 2. About Jane Austen 3. Marriage in Austen ’s time 4. About Pride and Prejudice Introduction of Pride and Prejudice The influences of Pride and Prejudice 5. Analysis of Pride and Prejudice The marriages Based on Property or Appearances The marriage of William Collins and Charlotte Lucas The marriage of e Wickham and Lydia The marriage Based on Romantic Love and Understanding The marriage of Jane and Charles Bingley and The marriage of Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy 6. Austen ’s Views of Marriage and Her Ideal Marriage 7. Conclusion 2 1. Introdu
