" "Pride and Prejudice," the acclaimed novel by Jane Austen published in 1813. ... The first line of the novel examines the notion of a blurred true/false reality in the novel, whereas the tagline from the movie brings in the theme of a conflict between cultures. ... It is worthwhile to note that the style of the two stories was presented in different ways. ... This clearly sets it apart in content from the original novel, but the themes remain the same. ... These feminine accomplishments are heavily scrutinized in the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1319
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel contains immense paragraphs of description which deal with the feelings and situations of each character in thorough detail. ... Due to the form of the text, (i.e. it is a film) formally structured sentences and verbal language are not as imperative as they are in the novel Emma. ... Austen's Emma is in the form of a novel while Heckerling's Clueless is a cinematic production (a film). ... A novel such as Emma leaves it to the initiative of the audience to take note and remember these specific events, places and objects, leading each responder to create their own meaning ...

• Word Count: 1742
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the novel, we are able to observe Catherine's failure to correctly judge people. ... It is interesting to note the original title for the novel: First Impressions. ... Whenever Austen introduces a new character into a novel the reader soon learns something about his or her manners. ... The nineteenth century generally perceived Austen's work as novels of manners', placing them in the same category as those novels that were part of the silver-fork school'. ... To secure the proper relationship between property and propriety in her novels was thus not the wish-f...

• Word Count: 1637
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"2 Her novels raise central matters within her society, often challenging their foundation and meaning through her portrayal of them. ... Through an examination of her 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, and with reference to her later 1815 novel Emma, it is evident that Austen's attention to women's roles and social order broke conventional ideas of class hierarchy, the ideal woman and the heroine. ... In light of this, David Herbert's assertion that Austen studies "personal values, virtues and deficiencies within her 'set,'" but neglects to "questi...

• Word Count: 5516
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Written by Jeanette Winterson in 1985, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a Bildungsroman novel. ... Normally the Bildungsroman is decisive; contrastingly Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit remains open and ambiguous as Jeanette wishes to be saved by 'a woman in another place' and this possibility leaves the novel in a state of limbo because the reader doesn't know if she finds it. ... The novel follows the development of Jeanette as she grows up and makes the decision that she is a lesbian and this causes uproar in the family home and in church as her highly religious mother regar...

• Word Count: 3018
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate