Questions tagged [pride-and-prejudice]
Questions related to Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, published anonymously as "By the Author of Sense and Sensibility". Use this tag with the [jane-austen] tag.
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Why is Mr. Bennet "prodigiously proud" of Wickham?
Over the course of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet makes several references to how much he likes Wickham:
'He is as fine a fellow,' said Mr Bennet, as soon as they were out of the house,...
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Does Mary Bennet undergo any sort of character development in "Pride and Prejudice"?
In Pride and Prejudice, of the five Bennet sisters, the one we see the least of is Mary. (Her name appears fewer than forty times in the whole book.) Mary has a reputation for sitting with her books, ...
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What does "rob it of a few petrified spars" mean in "Pride and Prejudice"?
In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, when the idea of visiting Derbyshire is first brought up to Elizabeth, she immediately thinks of Pemberley and Mr. Darcy, who lives there, and then makes a ...
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Were Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bennet formally equal in rank?
Were any of the main characters in Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, Lady Catherine de Bourgh) more than gentry? Did any of them belong to the peerage?
Was there any formal difference in ...
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What does "much too full of lines under the words to be made public" mean?
In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, after the regiment leaves Meryton, Lydia heads off to Brighton, where she promises to keep in touch with her family:
When Lydia went away, she promised to write ...
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Meaning of "her parish and her poultry" in "Pride and Prejudice"
From volume 2, chapter 5 of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen:
Elizabeth could safely say that it was a great happiness where that was the case, and with equal sincerity could add, that she firmly ...
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What motivation did Wickham have for running away with Lydia Bennet?
In Pride and Prejudice, it is made abundantly clear that the Bennet girls do not have any type of fortune to offer prospective husbands. Mr. Wickham is well aware of this as he was acquainted with ...
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Why was Elizabeth shocked at Mr. Collins introducing himself to Mr. Darcy?
In Chapter 18 of Pride and Prejudice, the Bennett family are attending a ball at the Bingley's rented estate at Netherfield. Mr. Collins is speaking to Elizabeth explaining to her that he is going to ...
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First-person point of view in chapter 61 of Pride and Prejudice
Why does Austen use the first-person point of view in the following passage of chapter 61 of Pride and Prejudice? Does this first-person narration have any relevance to the story, or what's the ...
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Mrs Bennet excluded from Pemberley?
The final chapter of "Pride and Prejudice" is rather an epilogue telling what happens to the main characters after the two couples get married. Is it meant that Mrs Bennet never visits ...
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What is the use of Mr. Hurst in "Pride and Prejudice"?
Mr. Hurst is like a shadow or thin air, saying nothing and doing nothing more than eating, so he has no use in the development of the whole story. Why does the author put such a man in the novel?
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In "Pride and Prejudice", what does Darcy mean by "Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable"?
In chapter 8 of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Mr. Darcy says,
"[T]here is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation. Whatever bears affinity to ...
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In Pride and Prejudice, how did Lady Catherine find out about Darcy's proposal?
In Pride and Prejudice, there is a part where Lady Catherine visited the Bennets. She wished to ward off Elizabeth and wanted her to refuse Darcy's proposal and was stumped.
How did Lady Catherine ...
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I am having trouble understanding a passage from "Pride And Prejudice"
A paragraph from Chapter 38 of Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth could safely say that it was a great happiness where that was the case, and with equal sincerity could add, that she firmly believed and ...
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Why is Mr William Collins never referred to as the Rev Mr Collins in Pride and Prejudice?
Mr William Collins is an ordained clergyman in the Church of England, and becomes the priest of the Hunsford parish.
I realize that neither Miss Elizabeth Bennet nor her father particularly revere Mr ...
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