Pride and Prejudice

In short: really, really, really rich. According to the characters he has an income exceeding £10,000 a year and owns a huge estate called Pemberly. I don't know the present day equivalency to that but he was very well off.

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In the book it says that a person who walks the boundary of his estate would have to walk ten miles. The place was huge.

Mr.Bennet blames himself for Lydia's elopement because he thinks that he has been ignoring his duty as a father and has not been taking proper care of his daughters.

Pride and Prejudice has 61 chapters. They average about 5 pages each.

The original novel was broken into three "volumes," a term with a somewhat different meaning then than it has now. Perhaps today they would be called Part 1, 2, or 3, instead of Volume 1, 2, or 3. Since some editions follow that old practice, the chapters may seem to be numbered oddly, with a first group numbered 1 to 23, followed by two more with chapters numbered from 1 to 19. This means that if you open a copy to the last page and look at the chapter number, it could be 19. Just remember, it is chapter 19 of "volume" 3, even though the book is published in a single volume.

Lydia's trip to Brighton, then came Lizzie's own trip.

Aside from arrogance, conceit, and carelessness of the feelings of others, Elizabeth accuses Darcy of two things, preventing Wickham from getting a preferment due him as an inheritance from Darcy's father, and separating Jane from Bingley.

Simply put, Darcy says that Wickham asked for, and received, cash instead of the preferment, and then won Darcy's animosity by trying to elope with Darcy's fifteen year old sister to get her inheritance.

Darcy's claim on the issue of Jane and Bingley is that he observed Jane closely and came to the conclusion that she was not in love with Bingley, so he advised Bingley to stay away from her instead of letting himself fall in love with a woman who would not return his affection. Additionally, he perceived a desire on the part of Jane's mother to have her marry Bingley for money, which was compounded by a lack of refinement on the part of both Jane's mother and other members of the family and a general lack of good connections.

When Georgiana Darcy was planning to elope, her governess was a Mrs. Younge, who seems to have been a friend of Wickham.

Initially, Georgiana Darcy was surprised and taken aback by the news of Mr. Darcy's engagement to Elizabeth Bennet. However, she ultimately accepted and supported their union once she saw the genuine love and happiness between them.

In "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, who are the Bennet sisters' aunt and uncle, are the most helpful relatives. They provide guidance, support, and level-headed advice to the Bennet girls, particularly Elizabeth. Mr. Gardiner also helps Lydia and Wickham when they are in trouble.

Mr. Darcy's friend is Mr. Bingley, who plays a significant role as his close companion in Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice." Mr. Bingley is portrayed as amiable and good-natured, often providing a contrast to Darcy's more reserved and aloof demeanor. Their friendship serves as a key element in the story's development.

Elizabeth walks about 2 miles between Netherfield and Longbourn, approximately 50 miles between Rosings and Pemberley, and roughly 1 mile between Pemberley and the pub.

Darcy spends most of the proposal dwelling on how inferior Elizabeth's social status and family are compared to his own, expressing his doubts and reservations about their union. He also mentions his strong feelings for her and his struggle to overcome his pride and admiration for her.

Mr. Bennet said that Lydia and Wickham would never be admitted to Longbourne. Of course, his wife had last word on the subject, though we have no description of how that happened.

Mr. Bennet had found his wife attractive when they were younger. She was good looking, lively, and silly in an endearing way. He came to realize, too late, that he would have been happier with an equal partner.

Lady Catherine lied to Elizabeth by saying that Mr. Darcy had agreed to marry her daughter, Anne de Bourgh. In reality, Mr. Darcy had not proposed to Anne and had no intention of doing so. Lady Catherine's intention was to discourage Elizabeth from pursuing a relationship with Mr. Darcy.

Mary King inherited an estate of 10,000 pounds. She went to Meryton to visit her uncle, and was immediately courted by Wickham, who we can assume was after her money. She is removed from Meryton by her family, presumably to get her away from him.

First, i hope this is not for a paper and therefore cheating. But to answer your question vaguely, think of the similarities between Elizabeth Bennet and Jane Austen herself.

1) Both women refuse to marry without affection

2) Both women refuse the many offers of marriages

3) Both had a Mr. Collins like figure (Jane's being a Mr. John Warren)

the first likeness stated is, perhaps, the most important and most relevant answer to your question. Look at the first few sentences of Pride and Prejudice and you will find that the norm of the day is the opposite of Elizabeth's (and therefore, Jane's) philosophy to happiness, love, marriage, etc.

Start there, and you should find your answer, best of luck

Lady Catherine de Bourgh is given the odd situation of being a character more mentioned than present!

Austen uses her in different ways- firstly to show that being wealthy and important does not necessarily bring happiness or friends.

Secondly, Catherine de Bourgh has the self-importance that means she never considers her own opinion to be anything less than infallible- her lack of skills on the piano do not stop her from believing she would be 'proficient' and better than others, if she had ever been taught.

Thirdly, that there will always be those who 'suck up' to power and property- Mr Collins is a prime example of this. It is not for her wisdom or personality that he adores her!

Fourthly- she is a good indication of the background that Mr Darcy has to fight against to become his own person. Imagine that Darcy has been growing up around those who believe that their importance is much greater than others less fortunate, that their opinions are equally so and that haughtiness and 'rude' behaviour is acceptable in themselves, because of their own importance! Darcy himself admits that he was given good principles, but left to follow them without further guidance. The contradiction between the behaviour he saw and the behaviour he was told to follow is a good mirror to the behaviour shown in Lydia, who followed the behaviour of her mother more than the behaviour implored of her by her sisters!

Lastly, Lady Catherine de Bourgh is used as one who Lizzie has little respect for- but still feels the need to fight against. Their talk in the garden towards the end of the book is such that it provokes Lizzie to confront her own feelings- any opponent less forceful could only have forced Lizzie to amusement and wit rather than getting her to show her true emotions!

Mrs. Hurst's first name in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is Caroline. She is the sister of Mr. Bingley, and is often seen accompanying her sister-in-law, Miss Bingley, in social situations.

From the time Lizzy meets Wickham, until she reads Darcy's letter, she thinks Wickham is probably the most amiable man she has ever met. After reading and reviewing that letter, however, she comes to understand Wickham is a fraud. His elopement seals his fate, as far Lizzy's opinion is concerned, and in the end she really wants to avoid him; to her he is no longer amiable at all.

Lady Catherine objects to Elizabeth's family because of their want of fortune and their want of connections, especially on the side of Elizabeth's mother, whose family is in trade and law. She finally objects because of Lydia's scandalous elopement, which was only patched up into a marriage at great expense to her uncle.

The Darcy name was associated with the landed gentry, but not with the nobility, except by marriage. The Darcy family's wealth, however, fostered marriages with aristocratic families. They were ranked significantly higher that the Bennets, who were also of the landed gentry, but whose connections included marriages to attorneys and people successful in trade.

She was proposed to three times. First by Mr. Collins, whom she refused. Secondly by Mr. Darcy, whom she intially also refused. And the third time she was proposed to by Darcy again, whom she accepted. =)

Examples of oxymorons in Pride and Prejudice include "fine eyes" and "proud humility." These phrases contain contradictory terms that create a sense of tension or contrast in the language.

Lizzy writes to Mrs. Gardner to find out why Darcy was at Lydia's wedding.

Mrs. Gardner is surprised by the question, since she thought Darcy and Lizzy were in love and secretly in communication about the whole thing (this is not explicit, but implied in the novel). She writes to tell Lizzy that Darcy had searched London for Wickham and Lydia, and found them. Darcy had negotiated a marriage deal with Wickham, under the terms of which Wickham would marry Lydia in exchange for having his debts paid and getting a commission in the army bought for him. Darcy also provided the money and arranged the wedding, at which Darcy was best man.

Officially, a very small sum per year, plus the payment of his debts. As the total amount is suspiciously low (not much more than the cost of Lydia's dresses), Mr. Bennet is convinced that his brother-in-law must have paid a very large bribe to get Wickham marry Lydia. Someone had indeed paid him off, only it had been Darcy!