In a sense, "Pride and Prejudice" is the story of two courtships - those between Darcy and Elizabeth and Bingley and Jane. ... Of course we can also relate marriage to happiness, and happiness to one's freedom in society; something which is strongly challenged in both "Pride and Prejudice" and Orwell's "1984." ... A perfect example Auerbach gives is the anticipation and waiting at the drawing-room, "before the gentlemen came.... Colley see's "Pride and Prejudice" as a "deliberate essay in fantasy.... Colley see's "Pride an...

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