Jane Austen's Life
The reason why Jane Austen published her novels anonymously during her lifetime.
The amount of Bennet daughters that did not ever get married (as Jane Austen was never married).
What are none?
Jane Austen uses this literary device to criticize class divisions indirectly, in even a humorous way.
What is satire?
The year Jane Austen was born (36 years before Pride and Prejudice takes place).
What is 1775?
The group of people that could not easily earn money, inherit estates, or live independently in Jane Austen's era.
What are women?
The social class in which Jane Austen lived in, along with the Bennet family.
What is the (lower) gentry class?
The English county where Jane Austen was born, which inspired a lot of the rural settings in Pride and Prejudice.
What is Hampshire, England?
The most common reason for marriage in Jane Austen's time, which she did not hold in high regard.
What is financial/social stability?
The first line in the novel.
What is "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
The amount of brothers and sisters Jane Austen had.
What are 6 brothers and 1 sister?
The character who accepts a proposal for security and a comfortable home rather than love, which is a life choice Jane Austen was highly critical of.
Who is Charlotte Lucas?
The occupation of Jane Austen's father (the same as Mr Collins).
What is a clergyman?
The age of Jane Austen when she passed away, and the suspected reason for her passing.
What is 41 and illness? (Suspected Addison's disease or Hodgkin's lymphoma)
The Bennet sister who shows what can happen when women lack independence and education, as they did in Jane Austen's time.
Who is Lydia Bennet?
The amount of Jane Austen's letters that remained after Cassandra Austen cut up many of them after Jane passed away, protecting Jane's privacy.
What are 160 of thousands?