11. Aspects of the culture reflected in the story.

This book is of another century so we can see a lot of differences between modern life and life that described in the novel.

• First of all, I can not help noticing that people lived in huge houses with gardens and they lived in big families.
• There were social inequality because one girl from good family couldn't marry a poor man.
• Many people often read books in the evening by candlelight.
• There was always a housekeeper in a house.
• Travelling was something strange and people mostly were at home.