Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

Austen uses a variety of narrative techniques skilfully blended together to engage the reader. In this passage we see direct narrative from the omniscient narrator rarely. The direct narrative is unobtrusive and is used in order to 'set the scene' at the beginning of the passage.

One of the first things we notice is the way the narrator addresses the characters. By this point in the novel, the reader feels like they know Elizabeth and this is reinforced by the use of her first name when referring to her. Colonel Fitz-william and Mr Darcy are referred to in ...