"Different ideas of the woman's role in society, especially marriage" ("Pride and Prejudice", chapter 6) 1. Summary (and "Einordnung" in the context of the novel) Jane Austen's novel 'Pride and Prejudice' deals with the English upper-class society in the early 19th century. The main characters are the five daughters in the Bennet family, who have to marry into a wealthy family so that they can be financially taken care of. As there is no son in the Bennet family, all family possession will be inherited by the sisters' cousin Mr. Collins with whom they aren't on good terms. When Mr. Bingley and his friend Mr. Darcy, who are two attract