Key Facts
When Written: 1797-1812
Where Written: Bath, Somerset, England
When Published: 1813
Literary Period: Classicism/Romanticism
Genre: Novel of manners
Setting: Hertfordshire, London, and Pemberley, all in England at some time during the
Napoleonic Wars (1797–1815)
Climax: The search for Lydia and Wickham
Antagonist: There is no single antagonist. The sins of pride and prejudice function as the
main antagonizing force
Point of View: Third person omniscient
Where Written: Bath, Somerset, England
When Published: 1813
Literary Period: Classicism/Romanticism
Genre: Novel of manners
Setting: Hertfordshire, London, and Pemberley, all in England at some time during the
Napoleonic Wars (1797–1815)
Climax: The search for Lydia and Wickham
Antagonist: There is no single antagonist. The sins of pride and prejudice function as the
main antagonizing force
Point of View: Third person omniscient