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This paper gives an analysis of how Jane Austen's used letters throughout her novel, "Pride and Prejudice" to reveal the plot and theme and to reveal elements about her characters' personalities. The paper further describes letter writing during the time period in which the novel was written, which was the primary form of communication. Austen's choice to use the letters in her novel reveals her desire to show how people connected to and communicated with one another.

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"Jane Austen incorporates many letters in her novel 'Pride and Prejudice' (Austen). During the time of her writing, letter writing was the primary tool for communicating. Incorporating letters into her novel helps to set the novel in a historical period. Austen also uses these letters as a literary device to advance the novel's plot and theme as many of the novel's key events and climatic situations are revealed in the letters. The letters also help to make known the nature and character of the main characters. This occurs because their attitudes and personality come across quite strongly in the letters that they write and how they react to..."

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