![]() ![]() At this time the novel was called First Impressions. ![]() Jane first drafted the novel in 1796 in Steventon following a visit to Rowling, her brother Edward’s home in Kent. The heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, champions the importance of marrying for mutual love and respect, rather than for wealth or status, although in the end she manages to achieve both in her own marriage to Mr Darcy. The story centres on the Bennet family, whose five unmarried daughters are not in line to inherit their family estate and must therefore marry to secure their livelihoods. Set amongst the landed gentry in the South of England, it explores contemporary anxiety around courtship, reputation and social expectations for women. Jane Austen’s second published novel was Pride & Prejudice. ![]()
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