Satire in Pride and Prejudice Works Cited Booth, Bradford A. Pride and Prejudice: Text, Background, Criticism. Harcourt, Brace and World Press: California, 1963. Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Airmont Publishing Co., Inc: New York, 1962 Jane Austen is often noted by critics for her strong satirical angle towards upper-middle class ways of life in the late eighteenth century. Pride and Prejudice is no exception to this. In this particular work Austen attacks the society’s condoning of …showed first 75 words of 507 total…

…showed last 75 words of 507 total…Bennet this ridiculous to make her point about this society even stronger. Jane Austen’s writing style is undoubtedly filled with satirical attacks on a society which strongly conflicts with her own moral standards. In the scene with the ball Austen makes fun of the characters and later in that chapter she ridicules the society’s quest of marriage for money and social standing. Pride and Prejudice is unquestionably a social satire at its best.