Besides reading the novel Pride and Prejudice I also did some further reading such as Babb, H.S., Jane Austen's Novels: the Fabric of Dialogue and Wright, A., Jane Austen's Novels: A Study in Structure. I find those books are conveying a same idea that in Pride and Prejudice the plot is secondary, both in importance and interest, to character and dialogue.
I agree that in Pride and Prejudice "the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humor are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language"(Northanger Abbey…
