Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice Preface
Walt Whitman has somewhere a fine and just distinction between “loving by allowance” and “loving with personal love.” This distinction applies to books as well as to men and women; and in the case of the not very numerous authors who are the objects of the personal affection, it brings a curious consequence with it. There is much more difference as to their best work than in the case of those othe...
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Chapter I
IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
“My dear Mr....
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CHAPTER XXI.
THE discussion of Mr. Collins’s offer was now nearly at an end, and Elizabeth had only to suffer from the uncomfortable feelings necessarily attending it, and occasionally from some peevish allusion of her mother. As for the gentleman himself, his feelings were chiefly expressed, not by embarrassment or dejection, or{147} by trying to avoid her, but by stiffness of manner and resentf...
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CHAPTER XLIV.
ELIZABETH had settled it that Mr. Darcy would bring his sister to visit her the very day after her reaching Pemberley; and was, consequently, resolved not to be out of sight of the inn the whole of that morning. But her conclusion was false; for on the very morning after their own arrival at Lambton these visitors came. They had been walking about the place with some of their new fr...
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Pride and Prejudice Key Facts
Key Facts
Full Title: Pride and Prejudice
Original Title: First Impressions
Author: Jane Austen (1775–1817)
Title of the Author: The First Lady of English Fiction & Anti-Romantic Novelist of the Romantic Age
Source: Inspired by Austen’s own unpublished work titled First Impressions (1796–1797)
Written Time: 1796–1797 (as First Impressions), revised in 1811
First Published: 1813...
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Pride and Prejudice Summary
Summary
Mother’s Concern for Her Daughters: At the beginning of the novel, Mrs. Bennet is very worried. She has five daughters. None of them is married yet. She always worries about their future. Because her husband, Mr. Bennet, is not rich. After his death, the daughters will not get the property. Mr. Collins will get the property because the Bennet family has no son. And in the law of that time...
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Pride and Prejudice Character
Major Characters
Elizabeth Bennet: The protagonist and second-oldest Bennet sister. Intelligent, witty, independent-minded, and strong-willed. She values personal integrity and true love over social status.
Fitzwilliam Darcy- The male protagonist: A wealthy, proud, and reserved gentleman of the Pemberley estate. He struggles with his pride but deeply loves Elizabeth.
Mr. Bennet: The father...
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Pride and Prejudice Literary Device
Figures of Speech
Metaphor: When one thing is said to be something else, without using "like" or "as." Example: “I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.” Elizabeth compares hurt pride to something that can be mortified (wounded), giving it a deeper emotional impact.
Irony: When what is said or expected is the opposite of what happens. Mr. Darcy’s first proposal is mean...
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Pride and Prejudice Themes
Themes
Pride and Prejudice: The most important theme of the novel is pride and prejudice. Pride means feeling too proud of yourself, and prejudice means judging others without really knowing them. Mr. Darcy is proud of his social status and wealth, which makes him look down on people like Elizabeth at first. Elizabeth, on the other hand, quickly judges Darcy as arrogant and rude without knowing hi...
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