5/15/2023 0 Comments Mr bennet pride and prejudice![]() ![]() ![]() The Darcy family had been members of the landed gentry for generations. His estate earned him £10,000 pounds per year. He was the owner of a vast estate in Derbyshire called Pemberly. They were born as members of Regency England’s upper class. Elizabeth, her father and her sisters had been born into the landed gentry. Darcy actually married a woman from his own class. But if one knew the truth about social classes in Great Britain around that time, one would understand that Mr. The Bennets were not middle-class or upper middle-class? How can that be? After all, Austen’s novel made it clear that Fitzwilliam Darcy had married beneath him when Elizabeth Bennet became his wife. I can see the doubt rising in the eyes of those reading this article. And it finally occurred to me that many of these fans were in error. Ever since I have been reading numerous articles about the novel and its adaptations, I have noticed that many have labeled the Bennet family as members of the middle-class or the upper middle-class in Regency England. SOCIAL CLASS AND THE BENNET FAMILY IN “PRIDE AND PREJUDICE”Ĭonsidering how long I have been a fan of Jane Austen’s 1813 novel, "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" and its numerous television and movie adaptations, I am surprised that I have never considered something about its heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, and her family. ![]()
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