Pride and Prejudice

When Jane asks this, Elizabeth says she really cannot say, except that it might be when she first saw Pemberly. The idea that it started with seeing Pemberly is, of course, a joke.

As a reader, I get the impression that the beginning dates to her reading of the letter from Darcy, which tells her not only that she has been mistaken about Wickham, but that she has also been mistaken about Darcy.

Mr Darcy did not give a letter to Jane.

He did give a letter to Elizabeth the morning after he proposed and she rejected him. The purpose of the letter was to defend himself against accusations she brought against him when she declined his proposal.

One of my copies of Pride and Prejudice has Elizabeth arriving at Hunsford to visit Charlotte in Chapter V of Volume II, and staying until Chapter XV of the same volume.

The other copy does not go by volumes, and has the visit starting in Chapter 28 and ending in Chapter 38.

A novel of plot is a story in which the main conflicts come from events and the climax and resolution are decided by the direction of events. It is events that keep the story going. Characterization is often used to enhance events. Stories in the thriller, mystery, and fantasy genres, for instance, are usually plot oriented.

A novel of character is a story in which the main conflicts come from the character(s) (whether internal or external). The climax and resolution are decided by either a character changing their ways or not. Events are often used to enhance characterization. The characters themselves keep the story pressing forward. Examples of this are found in most literary works, and the comedy, romance, and drama genres.

Since events in P&P mainly happen to enhance, challenge, and change the characters, and the whole point is whether or not the characters change, it is a novel of character.

What he actually let out for widespread talk was that he had business in town. What he made available to a select few, such as Lizzy, was that he did not want to be there because of a certain gentleman who would be present, and whom he blamed for everything wrong in his life. In the end, we suspect he was afraid of being confronted by Darcy because he was afraid Darcy might reveal what their past was - that Wickham had taken money instead of the parish he claimed Darcy refused him, and that Wickham had tried unsuccessfully to elope with Georgiana Darcy to get her 30,000 pounds.

Jane Austen wrote for people who had some education and were well read. Whether this is for common people or not might depend on what you mean by common. Certainly, she did not write for people who were vulgar, nor did she write for people of mean understanding.

Much of her writing makes references to other literature, and this is often not explicit. Even where it is explicit, we cannot really appreciate her intentions without having read the books she refers to. In the case of her novel Northanger Abbey, for example, she refers to Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho, But unless we have read that book, we cannot understand that John Thorpe's refusal to stop his carriage to let Catherine out is implicitly made to relate to a kidnapping.

Also, much of the humor of Jane Austen is not available without some general education. For example, she has people she wishes to show ridiculous use bad grammar, but she nearly never has her heroines do this. Unless the reader really understands grammar, he cannot recognize this.

This is not to say that special education is needed to enjoy Jane Austen's work. Quite the contrary is true. Her novels are quite rich even for people who do not appreciate their nuances. It is just to say that her target audience is well educated.

Darcy's friend who tells Elizabeth that Darcy has separated Bingley from Jane is Mr. Bingley's sister, Caroline. She reveals this information to Elizabeth out of jealousy towards Jane and to further her own interests in marrying Darcy herself.

Charlotte believes that Jane's ability to maintain her composure around Mr. Bingley despite her feelings for him is a sign of her maturity and self-control. She admires Jane's ability to handle her emotions with grace and dignity.

Darcy reveals details of Wickham's past that show he is a fortune hunter - a man intent on marrying a wealthy woman for her money. We also conclude from Darcy's letter that Wickham is improvident, not motivated to be productive and gambles.

Charlotte's statement refers to Jane's hesitation when it comes to showing her affection or feelings to Mr. Bingley. If Jane wishes to marry Mr. Bingley, she must not guard or hide her feelings, and Charlotte even goes so far as to say that there will be plenty of time after the marriage to establish happiness

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A warning given without prejudice means that the warning itself does not imply any admission of guilt or liability. It is issued for informational purposes or to alert someone to potential issues without any legal consequences attached to it. This type of warning is often used in legal or formal contexts to provide cautionary advice without making any definitive judgments.

Pride and Prejudice is about 80 or 100 years to early to be postmodern. But I don't think it is exactly traditional either, because it is about pretty ordinary people in pretty ordinary circumstances, except that they were of a privileged class. Other books of the era were about people who were unusual because of strange or wonderful happenstances, or because of unusual psychology.

Bingley's wealth is inherited from a family that was in trade. This makes the disparaging observations of Caroline Bingley about the Gardiners, because they lived near Cheapside and were in trade, very hypocritical.

Every eligible woman poor Darcy knows is after him, either for herself or for some relative, except Elizabeth, who happens to be intelligent, beautiful, self confident, and perplexingly uninterested in him. Of course, he has to try to figure out what is going on with her, and to do so he has to focus on her. And how could anyone focus on Lizzy without falling in love?

Darcy as a forename is both used for male and female names. However, in Pride and Prejudice (as has been tagged) Darcy is used as a surname with Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy although he is regularly referred to as just Darcy so is not used as a girl's name in the context, only as a surname.

In "Pride and Prejudice," Mr. Bennet explains why he married Mrs. Bennet in Chapter 42. He reveals that he was initially attracted to her youth and beauty, but soon realized her lack of intelligence and understanding, leading to their unhappy marriage.

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Actually, the quote is "Lydia my love though you are the youngest, I dare say Mr. Bingley will dance with you at the next ball". Mrs. Bennet says this because Lydia is her favorite child, her mother believes she is good-tempered and bold.

Elizabeth's self examination begins in earnest when she reads the letter Darcy sends her, in which Darcy defends his actions toward Wickham and says why he wanted to separate Bingley from Jane Bennet.

There may have been other indications of self examination before this, but I cannot think of any off hand. In any event they were certainly not as vitally important to the novel as her reflections arising from Darcy's letter.

Lydia and Wickham never went to Gretna Green. In fact they did not try, and this is part of the scandal. In England, wedding banns had to be posted in the church where the bride was a communicant, a process that took weeks. This was not true in Scotland, and the result that couples who eloped to get married often went to Scotland to get an instant wedding. Gretna Green was just across the border, and had chapels where the priests would perform ceremonies at any time of day on a moment's notice, for a price. But the fact that Lydia and Wickham did not go to Gretna Green is a pretty sure indicator that Wickham did not want to marry Lydia at all.

The simple subject of the sentence is "characters."

Pliancy of temper means compliant, easily persuaded by friends to do what he knows they want, rather than some other thing he might want, but they would not enjoy.

Some of the key male characters in Pride and Prejudice are Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. Collins. Mr. Darcy is the wealthy and proud hero of the story, Mr. Bingley is his amiable friend, Mr. Bennet is Lizzie's witty and sarcastic father, and Mr. Collins is a ridiculous and pompous clergyman.

Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth, and Lady Catherine are characters of the popular novel called Pride and Prejudice. The novel was written by Jane Austin. Elizabeth made serious claims against Mr. Darcy's character. Mr. Darcy felt slighted and wrote a letter in his defense.