How would you compare the acceptance of proud people in roday's society as compared to Jane Austen's time?

I think that pride, in the time of Victorian England, had a much more narrow context as it does now. Miss. Lucas's description of Mr. Darcy reflects the common understanding of the time; pride isn't so much earned rather than it comes from family lineage and wealth. Today the concept of pride has a much larger connotation, even in England. To rise up and create ones own wealth is cause for greater pride thanks simply inheriting it. The "self made man" holds greater worth than simply the "made man". Still pride can extend to the most menial of tasks. Pride can be found in anything someone derives immense satisfaction in doing.