marriage in pride and prejudice

Marriage in Pride and Prejudice



"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in

possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." Jane Austen

provides subsequent argument with the first line of her novel, Pride and

Prejudice. A statement that remains true to this very day.



Austen's' first statement sets up the beginning of the novel. She

states that a man, financially well off, but with no mate to accompany him

to share in his wealth, is undoubtedly in search of a wife. In Pride and

Prejudice, Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy play the role of the rich men. Mr.

And Mrs. Bennet are the parents of five unwed daughters. Mr. And Mrs.

Bennet have conflicting thoughts about the arrival of the rich neighbors.

Mr. Bennet thinks nothing of it. He has no new thoughts about the arrival

of Bingley and Darcy. Mrs. Bennet sees flashin...