• Ritu Gupta

This research paper explores the growing Victorian Consciousness and the dominating social realities in the famous novel Pride and Prejudice (1813) of Jane Austen. The main focus of Jane Austen is to depict the Victorian mannerism and social realities in this novel with an aim to reflect her sociological perspective. Walter Scott was a historical novelist who became a continental novelist and so long as he remained alive he eclipsed Jane Austen as Walter Allen observes in his book The English Novel. Scott wrote about the struggles and romances of the Scottish people in a traditional dialect. But Jane Austen depicted the social and moral evils of the Victorian Age infected by hypocrisy, snobbery and pedantry. She took up the social issues and all her novels convey a moral message. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen reflects the social realities of the English society. In this novel, Austen took up the social theme of marriage, mirroring the mindset of the Victorians in an easy and flowing lyrical prose.

Conscioueness, Realities, Dominating Perspective, Sociological, Cultural

"Victorian Consciousness and Social Realities in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.670-671, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807450.pdf

"Victorian Consciousness and Social Realities in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp670-671, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807450.pdf