Pride and Prejudice

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The setting of the novel takes place in England during a time period when a person's wealth and social class were of high importance. In England, social positions are very important and the classes are more divided than in the United States.

Hertfordshire Longbourn, residence of the Bennets Netherfield Park, residence of the Bingleys Lucas Lodge,residence of the Lucases Meryton, where the militia regiment is quartered for a time Oakham Mount, where Darcy and Elizabeth walk on the morning after their éclaircissement The estates of Ashworth, Haye-Park, Purvis Lodge, and Stoke (all of which Mrs. Bennet considers as possible residences for Lydia and Wickham) Derbyshire Pemberley, residence of Mr. Darcy Lambton, former residence of Mrs. Gardiner Kympton, where Wickham was to be the clergyman Bakewell, Chatsworth, Matlock, Dove, Dale, and the Peak (all places in Derbyshire), where Elizabeth and the Gardiners' tour takes place Kent Westerham Ramsgate, where Georgiana Darcy stayed for a summer Rosings, the residence of Lady Catherine Hunsford, where Mr. Collins is rector Sussex Brighton, (with a temporary military camp) where Lydia goes Eastbourne London, often associated, in the imagination of Jane Austen's day, with loose morals in both low life and high society Bromley Epsom Clapham Cheapside, where the Bingley sisters accuse Mr. Gardiner of living Grosvenor street, where Mr. Hurst and Louisa live Barnet and Hatfield, where Lydia and Wickham would probably have passed if they had been going to Scotland Newcastle, where Wickham is stationed after his marriage to Lydia Gretna Green, where Scottish marriage laws during the 1754-1856 period were very laxative