Tone in Pride and Prejudice

Tone Examples in Pride and Prejudice:

Chapter I

"IT IS A TRUTH universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife..." See in text (Chapter I)

This humorous, tongue-in-cheek beginning sets the tone for the entire novel. Though it often deals with serious issues, such as the financial dependency of women in a patriarchal society, the novel is generally lighter fare than other Austen novels: as Austen herself admits in a personal letter, it is “rather too light, and bright, and sparkling.”

Jamie Wheeler

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