Pride and Prejudice Interestingly, the East India Company which contributed to the prosperity of eighteenth-century England was also the beginning of Indo-British relations. What is more interesting is the parallel of the present-day ferment in Indian politics caused by communal and secular forces with the conflict of religion and politics in the England of Dryden and Pope. Of course, there are differences, for example, the urge for social and economic justice is greater in modem India than in Augustan England. The most interesting parallel is literary. Literature in modern Indian languages is being influenced by English literature somewhat like English literature being influenced by' Roman in the time of Dryden and Pope. What Sanskrit was to traditional India, Latin was to Restoration England. Background The novel revolves around the importance of marrying for love, not for money or social prestige, despite the communal pressure to make a wealthy match. Pride an...
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