Pride and Prejudice and Modern Romances

Even though Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was written in 1813, it has quite a few things in common with modern romances and soap operas. The best explanation for this is the fact that passionate love, hatred and intrigue have always been interesting subject matters for everyone with no reference to social class or family background.
The surrounding the story happens to take place is very similar to the circumstances of any 21st century soap opera. …