Explain presentation of Regency English values in Pride and Prejudice. Pay particular attention to significance of social class, code of behavior appropriate for each gender, and reputation, especially as they impact the relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy. Certain critics have deemed Pride and Prejudice as a novel about women who feel they have to marry to be happy. Discuss the presentation of marriage in the novel and/or in "The Story of an Hour" and the statement the work makes on contemporary beliefs about the institution. Examine the role that gender and social class play in the characters' desire to marry, as well as the dynamics that the novel reveals between the married couples.