Quotations from P and P

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Chapter 13 - Page 13

" She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humor at present to give consequence young ladies who are slighted by men."

Volume II - Chapter 6 - Page 160

"Little to be done but hear Lady Catherine...without any intermission...delivering her opinion on every subject in so decisive a manner that proved she was not used to have her judgement controverted....enquired into Charlotte's domestic concerns...gave her a great deal of advice as to the management of them all; told her how everything ought to be, and instructed her as to the care of her cows and poultry."

Bad manners

Full of themselves

Emphasis on Pride

Does wealth allow you to act different?

Respect without earning it

"Were they handsome...educated..what carriage her father kept...her mother's maiden name."

There are man reasons why to marry people - learn about honesty and lust between characters - Fitzwilliam = gentlemen however; Wickam = deceitful and dumps her when he realises she has no money. This is where you learn about people's pride and prejudices, assuming they are one way and have worldly possessions however; upon realizing they don't, telling her the truth for why you cannot stay makes them a gentlemen and not prideful but practical.

Page 21 Difference between vanity and pride

Who is prideful and who is vain?

Vain:

Mr Collins

Mr Wickham

Lady Catherine

Prideful (proud of themselves for accomplishments):

Mr Darcy

Minutiae and Glances:

"Miss Bingley's eyes were instantly turned towards Darcy."

"...determined not to fix his eyes upon Elizabeth, when they were suddenly arrested by the sight of the stranger."

"She could not help frequently glancing at Mr Darcy...though every glance convinced her of what she dreaded."

"She followed him with her eyes."

Enough to give a glance into the inner thoughts of characters.

Doesn't dwell on the great and amazing but the detail - Austen is a people watcher

1913 Virginia Wolf - "...writing without hate, without bitterness, without fear, without protest, without preaching."

1996 Carol Shields "...her women not only know what they want they have evolved a pointed strategy for how to go about getting it."

Epistolary format - 24 (ish) letters in Pride and Prejudice

Novel of manners - the right way to behave and what happens when you don't