• The research paper on Pride and Prejudice should include 5-6 complete pages—
o 6-7 including Works Cited page
• 6 total sources: the novel itself and five scholarly critical sources.
• It should be in current MLA style, double-spaced evenly throughout and with headers of your last name and the page number on every page.
• The first page should include your name, your instructor’s name, the class and the date at the left margin, double spaced. You do not need an MLA cover-page type of first page.
• Your title should be an original one, not the title of the novel, centered and
capitalized like a title.
• Remember that all books, journals and web sites are italicized, including Pride and Prejudice, and that Jane Austen’s name is spelled with an e.
• The essay should be in third person and literary present tense. Introduce every quote, and use www.mla.org as your source for the updated MLA format.
