Abstract

Manju Kapur and Jane Austen are two prominent fiction writers in English. Though they belong to entirely different cultures, their perspectives on women and society can be linked together. The most striking feature of their fiction is marriage, which has been considered an ultimate destiny in women’s lives. Both have explored the position of women and the lives of middle-class people in their respective societies. The paper entitled “Reflections of Jane Austen in Manju Kapur’s novels” is a short comparative study on Manju Kapur and Jane Austen. It focuses on the similarities between the two novelists in depicting characters and themes such as marriage, women's education, and patriarchy. It highlights female-centric issues and how the central characters overcome these issues with courage and self-confidence. The paper also delineates the portrayal of two different cultures, man-woman relationship, mother-daughter relationship and tradition.

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