SOCIAL CLASS AND THE BENNET FAMILY IN "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE"
Considering how long I have been a fan of Jane Austen’s 1813 novel, ”PRIDE AND PREJUDICE” and its numerous télévision and movie adaptations, I am surprised that I have never considered something about its heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, and her family. Ever since I have been lire numerous articles about the novel and its adaptations, I have noticed that many have labeled the Bennet family as members of the middle-class ou the upper middle-class in Regency England. And it finally occurred to me that many of these fans were in error....
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