Gretchen Boling Mrs. Wood A.P. Language & Composition 12 April 2000 Openings The tone of many novels is set within the first few lines or pages; the reader can also tell the author's style through diction detail, and syntax. Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice is a novel such as this- Austin's opening sentence sets the tome for the rest of the book preparing the reader for her satirical treatment of regency manners and morals, the novel will …showed first 75 words of 504 total…

…showed last 75 words of 504 total…and she sets us there very well. "____," tells the reader about a normal way to act then. Jane Austin has a style like non-other, "___________," she expresses her felling in a way like nobody else. In her opening sentence one can just see she gets the point across yet it is in a way that makes the reader think. These three things are what make up Pride and Prejudice-ironically enough the first sentence reveals them all.