This quote clearly represents something that Jane Austen herself endured when she fell in love for the first time in her life. She was not allowed to be with the boy, Tom Lefroy. They had met and established a meaningful close relationship, however neither of their families saw it as something worth going after. Lefroy's family ended up "intervening and sen[ding] Tom away" (Jane Austen Biography). The scenario that happens is similar to that of Jane Austen's own life experience. She is living through both her character's, Jane and Elizabeth Bennet. She is doing this most likely to demonstrate the pain she felt and the truth about what she has had to endure. Austen also may have included her views on this to demonstrate what she wished had happened in the end. She let the world see the direction in which she wanted life to travel.
"Jane Austen Biography." Jane Austen.org. 14 March 2010. 2010. http://janeausten.org/jane-austen-biography.asp
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