Corporum: Journal of Corpus Linguistics, June 2021 Vol 4, Issue 1 60 A Corpus-Based Study of Austen’s Novel Pride & Prejudice using Cirrus Tool Muhammad Asif Riphah International University Lahore Shafqat Zaidi Riphah International University Lahore Fariha Yasmeen University of Education Lahore ABSTRACT Previewing approach develops reader's cognition and presents an epigrammatic digital understanding of the text. The visual representations of knowing a word cloud produces an everlasting impact on the memory slate of the reader. The study aims at constructing an interactive cirrus word cloud preview based on statistical data that will help the readers to preview the extracted major themes and important characters in Jane Austen's novel Pride & Prejudice. The study addresses the main research question: How does Cirrus tool reveal significant characters and themes of Austen's novel Pride & Prejudice? A mixed method approach was applied to find out the significant characters and themes in Pride & Prejudice". The findings reflect that Cirrus tool can quickly extract 59 words from the novel, the most frequent 59 words/themes were found in Voyant Tools from the complex text. The corpus of the text of the novel “Pride & Prejudice” represented the main characters and the themes. Keywords: corpus, cirrus, word cloud, themes, Austen’s, previewing, prejudice. 1. Introduction The study falls under the discipline of Corpus Linguistics. The term “Corpus” means “body” may be used to refer to the investigation of linguistic phenomena by means of written or spoken material. However, in modern linguistics this term refers to large collection of text which represents a sample of a particular variety or use of language that are presented in machine readable form with using various types of software (Javed, Javed, Ahmed, & Anjum, 2019). The purpose of the study is to the preview the extracted important themes and the major characters applying Cirrus tools in the form of word clouds, which fall within the domains of Corpus Linguistics. A ‘word cloud’ or Cirrus is a visual and statistical representation of the central themes and word frequency of the uploaded text. The tool can be incorporated with teaching of literature in classroom. It has been observed that majority of the students remain unaware of the consistent patterns of knowledge, key concepts, important themes and major characters in the literary text. Therefore, visual representation of cirrus helps the readers to look for brief ideas before reading the entire text. So, for the sake of developing and quick