1. Pride and Prejudice By
Jane Austen

2. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune is in want of a wife.

3. 1813 Entailment Male privilege Law of Primogeniture
                                   

4. Wealth LAND INDUSTRIALISM Family = land Land = wealth Tenants = work
Old money = wealth
Invested money = income
Never touch the principle.
Spend only the interest
Trade = wealth
New money = wealth
Build principle.
Never touch the principle.
Spend only the interest.
Invest in real estate.

5. absurdity of human folly
Comedy
Of Manners
SATIRE
Marriage - relationships- financial security- snobbery - hypocrisy – pretensions –
absurdity of human folly

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8. Setting near Meryton Longborne Netherfield Bennet estate Working farm
Mr. Bennet: gentleman
Upper middle class
Five daughters, no son
Entailed estate
Leased estate of Mr. Bingley
Country home
Mr. Bingley: gentleman
Second generation of new money
Two sisters
Friend:
Mr. Darcy, gentleman

9. Critical Choices: Personal is Political and Economic.
The influence of the past is everywhere. You may think you live in a brave new world of technology that has nothing to do with 1813, but the history of the class system and of gender relations influences your life in inescapable and subtle ways.

10. How do individuals prevent cultural expectations from eating them alive?
How do we balance a degree of necessary conformity against individual desires?

11. And if we don’t figure it out . . .

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.