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Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Regency Period (George IV Prince of Wales: 1811-1820) Middle class gained social status; known as landed gentry (minor nobility) Profits from Industrial Revolution and expanding colonial system Strived to align themselves with England’s landed aristocracy Purchased estates and country homes to rival aristocratic mansions Newly acquired wealth and possessions Austen’s Novels Privileged circle of England’s landed gentry and aristocracy Upper class was old hereditary aristocracy and the new landed gentry who came into money through commercial enterprise and asc