Jane Austen

I think the scene that provides a turning point in Sense and Sensibility is the ball in London, where Marianne sees Willoughby and realizes he is not to be hers.

Darcy proposes twice in Pride and Prejudice. The first proposal is arrogant and self deluded, and when Darcy realizes Elizabeth will turn him down, he gets resentful and argumentative. This does not endear him to her, to say the least.

His second proposal is relaxed and unassuming. It is also successful.

Elizabeth and the Gardiners plan to go to tour the Lake District, which is a particularly beautiful part of England. When it comes to the event, however, the trip has to be cut short, so they only go so far as the Peak District, which is another particularly beautiful part of England and, more important to the plot of the book, where Mr. Darcy's estate is located.

Lydia's marriage separates Lydia from Kitty, ending her bad influence. With Lizzy's marriage, Kitty moves to Pemberly and is exposed to much better manners and education among the people with whom she associates; she benefits greatly from this.

Mr Darcy is very proud, and does not want to admit his feelings for Lizzy, and she does the same. Also, Mr Darcy's aunt is extrememly opposed to their marriage, as she has arranged nuptials between her daughter, Anne, and Mr Darcy when they were children. Add to this the fact that Lizzy is of quite low birth compared to Fitzwilliam Darcy and you have a cocktail of awkwardness.

Mr. Collins.

I should think that Lydia would qualify as foolish as well, and in her own way, so was Charlotte Lucas.

Lizzy was intelligent, witty, charming, prejudiced, and a little self deluded. She did not think highly of many people, and expected most people to have faults and failures, which she enjoyed observing to some degree. She appreciated her sister Jane's sweet tempered expectation of good in everyone, but could not bring herself to emulate it. She was willing to understand her own faults, when they were brought to her attention, and so was able to change and grow.

NO i met Emily grace reaves and i asked her and she said no are family's are just very very close

Darcy and Wickham had history. They had been raised together, and Darcy learned to distrust Wickham because of his bad habits, such as gambling. Wickham was to inherit a position on Darcy's estate, but asked to take money instead, which he was given. After he gambled this away, he came back for more, which was refused. He then tried to elope with Darcy's sister, and almost succeeded.

In the book, they clearly do not want to be near each other. Wickham tells lies to Elizabeth and others about their connection, and Elizabeth takes sides without close examination of the truth. Later, when Darcy has reason to defend his honor on the subject, he sets the record straight, convincing Elizabeth of the truth.

When Wickham elopes with Elizabeth's sister, Lydia, Darcy hunts them down and bribes Wickham to marry her for the sake of the honor of the family, to ease Elizabeth's pain on the subject. This is expensive, as it means purchasing an army commission, paying off Wickham's debts, and providing some amount of cash.

She says she wants to thank, him on behalf of her family, who do not know, for the help he has given Lydia.

He says it was for her, not her family (though he respects them), and that his hopes and wishes in regards to her have not changed, by which he means to say he wants to marry her.

She says her views on the subject (marriage to him) have changed completely, by which she means she is accepting.

They then talk of their experiences with each other, and some of the other people in the book, and their thoughts about those experiences. They have both learned to understand themselves better, and they had made mistakes.

He gives her different bits of advice, but the most important is to rethink her engagement to Darcy.

Charlotte didn't really attract Mr. Collins by doing anything so much as being present and in need of a husband. Mr, Collins had gone to Hertfordshire with the idea of getting married, and when he was turned down by Lizzy felt the rejection enough to welcome a change of scenery. Charlotte was agreeable, and that was all he needed.

They feel that she is far too enterprising. She is too active, and too stubborn. She is not at all ladylike and has many rude tendencies. Their opinion of her is blatantly obvious when she arrives at Netherfield to see Jane and her petticoat is six inches deep in mud. Caroline and Louisa cannot believe that she has walked such a distance alone and in such weather. They think that she is a crass example of all that is wrong with country breeding.

Lady Catherine says any marriage between Darcy and Elizabeth would be a disgrace. By way of explanation, she points out that though Darcy and Lizzy are technically in the same social class (a gentleman and a gentleman's daughter), her connections are with the families of people in trade and attorneys (where his are with families of elevated rank). She also points out that the Bennets have a serious scandal associated with their family.

Sense and Sensibility was about the lives and loves of two sisters, Marianne Dashwood and Elinor Dashwood.

For the Joe Wright-directed version of Pride and Prejudice, the producers were Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster. Jane Frazer was the co-producer. Liza Chasin and Debra Hayward were the executive producers.

Jane Austin was a writer around in the late 17th century, early 18th. Jane eyer is a novel written by Charlotte Bronte in 1847.

No, Northanger Abbey is fictional.

I think Pride and Prejudice is a more comic, lighter, and cheerful book. It has regrets, but there is always a feeling of optimism about it. By contrast, Sense and Sensibility has more of a feeling of resignation in it, even a feeling of hopelessness, that makes reading it more difficult for me.

I am sure there is much more to this, the sorts of things people can analyse from a literary point of view. I would be interested in learning what they are.

They live in London, on Gracechurch Street.

Most of them are, but I believe some are not, for instance Robert (???) Ferrars, the younger brother. Willoughby feels compelled to abandon his consistency, but he is nevertheless motivated. As I see it, some characters take sudden decisions, not always fully explained by the author.

Austen, Jane. Sense & Sensibility. New York: Dover Publications, 1996.

Lydia and Wickham are found living together, unmarried and with no intention of marrying, in London. At first we are to believe Mr. Gardiner found them. Later, we find out it was Darcy.

Mr. Bennet has gone to London to find Lydia and Wickham. When he does, Mrs. Bennet believes Mr. Bennet will do all he can to force Wickham to marry Lydia. She believes this will necessarily entail a duel, and that Wickham, a much younger and more experienced man, will kill Mr. Bennet. When that happens, Mrs. Bennet fears, Mr. Collins will immediately descend on Longbourne to claim it for himself and throw the Bennets out. That being the case, she fears they will all wind up sleeping in hedgerows. Such are the quality of Mrs. Bennet's thoughts.