Setting

Most of the story takes place in Longbourn, in rural England. The characters move from place to place upon visitations, but this is where the Bennets live. The novel was actually written in England as well. During this time period, the industrial revolution was taking place. Many political arguments broke out as well as everyone began breaking out of what was considered the "normal". Austen tends to avoid the politics and the history of what is going on in the novel and deals more with the changing social class. We see many of the issues in the love knot taking place because of these social issues.