<P> Other characters rarely exhibit this depth of self - reflection--or at least are not given the space within the novel for this sort of development . Tanner notes that Mrs. Bennet in particular, "has a very limited view of the requirements of that performance; lacking any introspective tendencies she is incapable of appreciating the feelings of others and is only aware of material objects ." Mrs. Bennet's behaviour reflects the society in which she lives, as she knows that her daughters will not succeed if they don't get married: "The business of her life was to get her daughters married: its solace was visiting and news ." This proves that Mrs. Bennet is only aware of "material objects" and not of her own feelings and emotions . </P> <P> Pride and Prejudice, like most of Austen's other works, employs the narrative technique of free indirect speech, which has been defined as "the free representation of a character's speech, by which one means, not words actually spoken by a character, but the words that typify the character's thoughts, or the way the character would think or speak, if she thought or spoke". Austen creates her characters with fully developed personalities and unique voices . Though Darcy and Elizabeth are very alike, they are also considerably different . By using narrative that adopts the tone and vocabulary of a particular character (in this case, Elizabeth), Austen invites the reader to follow events from Elizabeth's viewpoint, sharing her prejudices and misapprehensions . "The learning curve, while undergone by both protagonists, is disclosed to us solely through Elizabeth's point of view and her free indirect speech is essential...for it is through it that we remain caught, if not stuck, within Elizabeth's misprisions ." The few times the reader is allowed to gain further knowledge of another character's feelings, is through the letters exchanged in this novel . Darcy's first letter to Elizabeth is an example of this as through his letter, the reader and Elizabeth are both given knowledge of Wickham's true character . Austen is known to use irony throughout the novel especially from viewpoint of the character of Elizabeth Bennet . She conveys the "oppressive rules of femininity that actually dominate her life and work, and are covered by her beautifully carved trojan horse of ironic distance .". Beginning with a historical investigation of the development of a particular literary form and then transitioning into empirical verifications, it reveals Free Indirect Discourse as a tool that emerged over time as practical means for addressing the physical distinctness of minds . Seen in this way, Free Indirect Discourse is a distinctly literary response to an environmental concern, providing a scientific justification that does not reduce literature to a mechanical extension of biology, but takes its value to be its own original form . </P> <P> Austen began writing the novel after staying at Goodnestone Park in Kent with her brother Edward and his wife in 1796 . It was originally titled First Impressions, and was written between October 1796 and August 1797 . On 1 November 1797 Austen's father sent a letter to London bookseller Thomas Cadell to ask if he had any interest in seeing the manuscript, but the offer was declined by return post . The militia were mobilised after the French declaration of war on Britain in February 1793, and there was initially a lack of barracks for all the militia regiments, requiring the militia to set up huge camps in the countryside, which the novel refers to several times . The Brighton camp for which the militia regiment leaves in May after spending the winter in Meryton was opened in August 1793, and the barracks for all the regiments of the militia were completed by 1796, placing the events of the novel between 1793 and 1795 . </P> <P> Austen made significant revisions to the manuscript for First Impressions between 1811 and 1812 . As nothing remains of the original manuscript, we are reduced to conjecture . From the large number of letters in the final novel, it is assumed that First Impressions was an epistolary novel . She later renamed the story Pride and Prejudice around about 1811 / 1812, which she sold the rights to publish the manuscript to Thomas Egerton for £ 110 (equivalent to £ 6,724 in 2016). In renaming the novel, Austen probably had in mind the "sufferings and oppositions" summarised in the final chapter of Fanny Burney's Cecilia, called "Pride and Prejudice", where the phrase appears three times in block capitals . It is possible that the novel's original title was altered to avoid confusion with other works . In the years between the completion of First Impressions and its revision into Pride and Prejudice, two other works had been published under that name: a novel by Margaret Holford and a comedy by Horace Smith . </P>

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