Jane Austen ~ Pride & Prejudice Most Used Nouns

Jane Austin published Pride & Prejudice in 1813. Although the story was mildly popular at the time of publication, the majority of the book’s success came after Austin’s death. Today, the book is considered to be a literal classic, and has been translated to over 35 languages. A fun way to analyze the book is through word choice. This post will look at the nouns used in the story. The graph above shows the most used nouns in the text of the 1813 classic Pride & Prejudice.

The number one, most used noun is sister. Family, mother, father, friend, daughter, brother and aunt all make it in this list as well. These words make sense because the story of Pride & Prejudice revolves around the lives of the Bennet family, including five sisters, living in English country side. So the fact the words describing family members would be some of the most used in the book makes sense.

Love and happiness also makes the list of most used nouns. These words highlight the fact that Pride & Prejudice is a romance novel. Mrs Bennet, mother to 5 women, is solely concerned with her daughters finding stubble husbands. Having never had a son, once her hubndad dies, all the wealth and property goes to the next male heir. So Mrs. Bennet wants her daughters married to secure there safely. The girls on the other hand, are more considered with love and happiness.

Pride & Prejudice Most Used Nouns Graph Notes:

The x-axis (horizontal part of the graph) shows the count, the number of times the noun appeared in the novel. The y-axis (vertical part of the graph) shows the designated noun. Every bar represents the amount of times that noun appeared in the text of the book. There is a lot of variety in how often these nouns are mentioned in Pride & Prejudice. Jane Austen: She was an English novelist made famous from authoring six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British society at the end of the 18th century.