The present study was triggered by the growing interest in Jane Austen, and the increasing number of Iraqi researches who have written on her work during the last decade. This study is significant for all those interested in the study of fiction, because of its concern with the moral values, respect, change, judgment and prejudices to be found in Jane Austen’s major novels. The study sheds light on Jane Austen’s ability to show the effect of social variables, especially social power on human character, imperfect in the best sense: first impressions, social character, happiness, pain, suffering, or the importance of staying true to oneself, are only a few examples that constitute an important part of the literary legacy of this English writer, who transforms them with great skill narrative in her work. Our target readership includes college students of English literature from Iraq and the other Arab countries, as well as a larger audience of those interested in literature in general.