Jane Austen, author of Pride and Prejudice, uses humour in her novel to maintain the interest of the reader. Some have said that Pride and Prejudice is a simple tale of love and marriage, but it is in fact far more complex. At the least, it should be recognised as a comedy of manners, and though romantic subplots could be said to drive the text, Jane Austen's clever and subtle wit reflects her own eye …showed first 75 words of 1682 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1682 total…glorious ironies which each individually amuse the reader. A rational and moral visualization of the real society of her time can be detected in Austen's writing, through close analysis, though it does not force itself on the reader. Through the wit of this novel, Jane Austen reveals to the reader her cynical attitudes towards the structure of the English 19th century society, love, and marriage and humourously warns the reader to avoid pride ... beware prejudice.