2) Please respond to the text. Use direct examples from the novel, but make connections to the things we talked about today dealing with our choices in life partners. Also, please ask me questions. Let me know what you would like to discuss. What is confusing? What would you like to discuss further?
"Are you playing hard to get, you elegant female?"
"I am declining your offer with a decapitation!"
"I married him...and all I got was this hat."
"And a marriage bed, my dear! Do not forget that!"
"Yes... how could I forget that...I really am happy....so.....so.....happy...."
"I married him...and all I got was this hat."
"And a marriage bed, my dear! Do not forget that!"
"Yes... how could I forget that...I really am happy....so.....so.....happy...."
To be quite honest, I loved Elizabeth's quote on page 105 where she says, "Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing, after all." I felt a great deal of humor reading that, and think Austen is wonderful for putting that line in.
ReplyDeleteBut looking at the rest of the section and Colonel Fitzwilliam's remark about Darcy preventing one of his friends from marrying, this section was quite dicey in feelings. On page 126 the Colonel says, "What he told me was merely this; that he congratulated himself on having lately saved a friend from the inconveniences of a most imprudent marriage..." Darcy's potential slip up in separating Bingley and Jane (whom we are led to believe are the two people in question) is quite catastrophic to Elizabeth upon hearing Colonel Fitzwilliam, and I was shocked by how early Austen inserts this part in her book, as I thought it occurred later in the plot. Now I'm left to wonder if Elizabeth confronts Darcy on this point relatively soon, as my memory of the movie gets a bit jumbled up in this section, or if some other event leads to this being exposed as truth.
I did have a question - Colonel Fitzwilliam is not Darcy's brother, correct? Because Darcy's first name is Fitzwilliam, so the Colonel must be a cousin to Darcy...? The book mentioned something about an uncle but I wasn't clear on the relationship between the two.
- Brianna Preston
Yeah, Colonel Fitzwilliam is nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, which makes him Darcy's cousin.
DeleteThese chapters added a great deal of interesting material with regards to Mr.Darcy. On the one hand, much of what was said made Darcy, at least to me, a more relatable and likeable character. For example, when Elizabeth is teasing him about only dancing four times at the ball, he responds with “I had not at that time the honor of knowing any lady in the assembly beyond my own party”(119), and when asked why he didn’t introduce himself, says “I certainly have not the talent which some people possess…of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.”(119). I can relate to Darcy having difficulty introducing himself, and to his awkwardness in social situations, and as the chapters went on, I found myself liking Darcy more, as I now had a way to connect with him. So when it was revealed that separating Bingley and Jane was Darcy’s plan all along, it was a significant reveal. On the one hand, it does seem like something Darcy might contrive to do, but we’ve heard negative rumors about Darcy of questionable validity before with Mr.Wickham. However, as of now it does look bad for Darcy’s character.
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I found most of this section boring, honestly. Seeing Jane was nice, but not terribly interesting. Then, we head to the Collins’ house. I do find it very funny that Charlotte has found ways to be away from her husband as much as possible. Austen writes that, “When Mr. Collins could be forgotten, there was really a great air of comfort throughout, and by Charlotte’s evident enjoyment of it, Elizabeth supposed he must be often forgotten (107).” This is amusing, but it also just how Charlotte is in her opportunistic marriage. She lives in fair comfort and seems to enjoy taking care of the house, but is happy when she can forget her own husband? Elizabeth herself says that it was probably not the wisest choice on Charlotte’s part, but she has come out of it alright. It’s sad that this was seemingly her only option for marriage, as it is for many women.
ReplyDeleteOn the topic of Darcy, I still feel like we aren't getting the whole story on him. This Colonel Fitzwilliam tells us Darcy prides himself in preventing Bingley from pursuing Jane, and this certainly looks bad, but we don't yet know his reasons. It may be he wanted to ‘protect’ Bingley from a poor bride, but I also feel like he may have done so for more selfish reasons, to distance himself from Elizabeth. Considering Mr. Darcy keeps showing up to sit silently, I agree with Brianna that inevitably Lizzy will confront him on the matter, and perhaps we will learn his intentions.
PS: I do not like Lady Catherine at all! “There are few people in England who have more true enjoyment of music than myself, or a better natural taste. If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient (118).” How about, ‘Blah blah I have culture and am better that everyone.’
As we learned in the previous chapters that Mr. Collins has proposed to Charlotte Lucas and she has accepted this proposal. Elizabeth was shocked that she never knew who was Mr. Collins and accepted his hand without hesitation. Later in the chapter, Elizabeth arrives in Hunsford and we meet Miss de Bourgh, Lady de Brough’s daughter. Jane Austen describes Lady de Bourgh's daughter as “sickly and cross”. Miss de Bourgh invites Mr. Collins, Charlotte and Elizabeth to dine at Rosing, a mansion that awes even Sir William Lucas with its grandeur. We find out that the Bennets have failed to find a governess and the all the daughter except Mary lack a musical and artistic talent. We meet a new character named Colonel Fitzwilliam who is cousins with Darcy. Mr. Collins meets Colonel Fitzwilliams and accompany him back to his parsonage to visit with Elizabeth and Charlotte. Lady Catherine starts to lecture Elizabeth on the proper manner of playing the instruments, and forces her to play the piano until the end of the evening. Darcy tells Elizabeth that Mr. Bingley will not be going to spend much time in Netherfields Park in the future. Charlotte had a thought that Darcy might be in love with Elizabeth but, then Darcy and his cousin visits more and more and thinks that maybe Colonel Fitzwilliam is actually interested in Elizabeth because he payed very special attention to Elizabeth at the dinner in Rosing. But I believe that it's Darcy who is in love with Elizabeth and he can't be far away from her and doesn't want to admit his feelings towards her because he's afraid of rejection.
ReplyDeleteThere was a lot of tension built up in these chapters, which were pretty exciting and fun to read. It almost feels like we’re reaching the climax of Pride and Prejudice, but this is impossible, since there are still a hundred pages left in the novel. When Elizabeth goes to visit Charlotte and her husband, Mr. Collins, it seems at first that her time at Rosings will be uneventful, spent at the parsonage with her friend, or otherwise verbally sparing with Lady Catherine. Then we learn of the arrival of Mr. Darcy. It seems like everyone knows about Mr. Darcy’s love for Elizabeth, except Elizabeth. The first things he does is visit the parsonage where she is staying, to which Mr. Collins remarks “I may thank you, Eliza, for this piece of civility. Mr Darcy would never have come so soon to wait upon me”. When Mr. Collins notices something before you do, you know you have a problem. Mr. Darcy continues to come often to the parsonage, and Charlotte also suggests to Elizabeth “the possibility of him being partial to her”. Elizabeth “laughed at the idea”, and continues to hate and misjudge Mr. Darcy. We end with Colonel Fitzwilliam unintentionally suggesting to Elizabeth that Mr. Darcy was not only responsible for separating Jane and Mr. Bingley, but also that he boasted of it. This leaves one of our two main characters deeply in love, and the other full of possibly misguided hate.
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I agree with Morgan that some of this section was boring,I honestly found chapters 27-28 boring. After the chapters, we go over to Rosings, where everyone goes to dine. We meet Miss de Bourgh, who is Lady de Bourgh's daughter. She is described as "thin and small" and called a "little creature" by Maria. I find it funny how Maria is just uninhibited about trash talking her. Lady Catherine later in the book, in contrast to her daughter, is described as "tall, large woman, with strongly marked features, which might once have been handsome. I find it interesting how the two are different from each other. Miss de Bourgh seems to be on the quiet side, "and she spoke very little, except in a low voice, to Mrs. Jeckinson..." and she doesn't seem to eat that much. "Mrs. Jeckinson was chiefly employed in watching how little Miss de Bourgh ate, pressing her to try some other dish, and fearing she was indisposed." Later, a character named Colonel Fitzwilliam is introduced, who is apparently a cousin of Mr. Darcy. Charlotte, the wife of Mr. Collins, declares that Mr. Darcy is in love with Elizabeth. "My dear Eliza, he must be in love with you, or he would never have called on us in this familiar way." Charlotte soon after thinks that it might be Colonel Fitzwilliam who is in love with Elizabeth. This brings a twist and some questions about what will happen next. What will happen to Darcy and Elizabeth then? To Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth?
ReplyDeleteI didn’t expect Wickham to lose his importance so quickly in the book. In his short appearance he managed to cause lasting damage to Lizzy’s opinion of Darcy. He also showed Lizzy not following her own advice that she gave her sister about being cautious in love. So far this seems like the low point of the book because Lizzy and Jane's hearts have been broken. I’m curious how Jane Austen will make it more dramatic and fix the situation. Like Brianna, I also got a kick out of the line about how only dumb men are worth knowing. I’m also impressed with Charlotte's ability to be married to Mr. Collins. She still isn’t quite used to dealing with him and enjoys the fact that he spends a lot of time in the garden. Since they are now married and stuck with each other Charlotte will have plenty of time to get used to Mr. Collins. This may cause their marriage dynamic to change later in the book (if they keep their relevance).
ReplyDeleteThis section reveals a lot about the couples and potential couples at this time in the story. We get to see Mr. Collins and the new Mrs. Collins living together after their marriage when Elizabeth visits them. They are friendly with each other, although there is no obvious deep love between them, but then again, they didn’t marry out of love in the first place. We also see Jane staying in London. She’s finally given up hope of Mr. Bingley’s return and and seems depressed over the fact. Her character, established earlier in the book, would have made me doubt that she could become depressed. She seemed to be a glass is half-full kind of girl. I guess, maybe when she fell in love with Mr. Bingley, she thought that he wouldn't ever leave or end their relationship because that was not something that she would do. So when he did leave, it came as a shock. But, to be honest, it doesn’t sit right with me either, that Mr. Bingley just up and left so abruptly. Then we come to the most interesting couple, well they aren’t a couple yet but I know they will be, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth seems to be completely unaware of Darcy’s more and more obvious signs of affection for her. He comes over to visit the Collin’s home almost everyday and “more than once did Elizabeth in her ramble within the Park, unexpectedly meet [him].” Although Elizabeth does find this to be “very odd” she doesn’t even consider that Mr. Darcy may have purposely run into her. Interestingly enough however, Charlotte Collins, arguably the most unromantic character in the book, does recognize Darcy’s feelings and tells Elizabeth that “he must be in love with [her]”. I’m not surprised by Mr. Darcy’s feelings for Elizabeth, they have been easy to guess all along, or by Elizabeth’s blindness, she has proved before that as smart and quick as she is, her view can be clouded by pride and/or prejudice, but more by how quickly Mr. Darcy is, well, coming onto Elizabeth. Back in Hertfordshire Mr. Darcy seemed to be interested by Elizabeth when he was in her company but never would have gone looking for or gone to visit her, and I suspect it was him who convinced Mr. Bingley to go to London in order to suppress his own feelings towards Elizabeth. But now, he seems to be letting his feelings take charge. It’s an interesting change in character and leads me to wonder what brought it on.
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You would think that we are at the climax of this book but you realize that we still have over a 100 pages left in the book so that means something bigger is going to happen. We also see that Charlotte Lucas isn’t very happy being married to Mr. Collins but she finds her ways to stay away from him as much as possible. We finally meet Lady Catherine de Bourgh after Mr. Collins mentioning her many many times in the story. We see that she thinks of herself highly like she is too good for everyone else. Lady Catherine de Bourgh isn’t a very likeable character she thinks that she has the best taste of music and she thinks she is the best of all. We are also introduced to a new character, Mr. Darcy’s cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam.who seems interested in Elizabeth. But that’s what Mr. Darcy thinks we don’t know yet if that’s true. Mr. Darcy tells Elizabeth that Mr. Bingley isn’t going to be spending anymore time in Netherfield implying that Mr. Bingley isn’t in Jane.
ReplyDeleteI think that these few chapters were nothing special. Nothing important really happened in them, and the novelty of Mr.Collins's character is starting to wear off. This chapter made me realize that choosing the perfect life partner is somewhat of an impossible task. Everyone has their flaws, and some people can tolerate that flaw while others cannot. One example is Mr.Collins and his personality “Mr. Collins, to be sure, was neither sensible nor agreeable; his society was irksome, and his attachment to her must be imaginary. But still he would be her husband. Without thinking highly either of men or matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want. This preservative she had now obtained; and at the age of twenty-seven, without having ever been handsome, she felt all the good luck of it”. I relate to Charlotte in this because putting up with Mr.Collins is worth it. If I were in her position during that time period I would feel obligated to marry him because she is considered not attractive, and Mr.Collins has standards low enough to settle for her.
ReplyDeleteI found a great deal of enjoyment in this chapter, I’ve been entirely consumed by the Darcy/Eliza plot line and am glad to see Darcy’s reappearance into the story despite the trouble it brings for Jane and Bingley. Honestly I’m just happy to see Elizabeth move away from Wickham, though to her own dismay. I hope, probably too little consequence, Wickham remains out of the picture. As far as Mr. Darcy, I’m taking pleasure in Austen's incredible subtleness. You can see it in the little changes in Darcy’s disposition towards Elizabeth, for example when “Mr. Darcy drew his chair a little towards her”(122). In total, I’m quietly rooting for him. On the other hand I’m sad to see the great distant that Jane is at, between herself and everyone else. She’s just off in London being sad whilst Elizabeth dines with the heavenly Lady Catherine de Bourgh. I hope we see some resolution for Jane and Bingley soon, Jane is too pure for this world and doesn’t deserve this pain. As for Lady Catherine de Bourgh my want for ridiculousness was entirely satisfied. I’m truly proud of Elizabeth for her retorts as Lady Catherine is considerably more obnoxious than Mr. Collins. When Lady Catherine said “you give your opinion very decidedly for so young a person,”(113) I could just feel the Elizabeth’s delight in the merciless absurdity of Lady Catherine de Bourgh's stature. Overall I’m enjoyed this section greatly, I thought it was nice to break up the setting a bit, and get some variety in the characters. I look forward to the next chapter. #Elarcy
ReplyDeleteChapters 27-33 were pretty boring and uneventful. Although we are almost halfway through the book it feels like we have not even hit the climax of the story, nor do we have any knowledge of what the climax could be. For example, when we first met Mr. Wickham, I thought that Mr. Darcy and him would get into an altercation of the rumors that Wickham was spreading. But after reading these chapters, it appears that Wickham isn’t going to play an important role in the story after all as he runs off with a girl that has some money. In chapter 27 Elizabeth argues with her aunt about wickham saying, “If it was not allowable for him to gain my affections, because I had no money, what occasion could there be for making love to a girl whom he did not care about, and who was equally poor?” (105). Although she seems a little upset, it looks like there is no future between Elizabeth and Wickham which makes me question his role in the story. In chapter 28, Mr. Collins shows Elizabeth around the house to show her what she is missing out on. Later on, Charlotte talks privately with Elizabeth. In chapter 28 Austen writes, “When Mr.Collins could be forgotten, there was a really great air of comfort throughout, and by Charlotte’s evident enjoyment of it, Elizabeth supposed he must be often forgotten” (107). This quote is related to what Josh was saying, where Charlotte puts up with Mr. Collins just for the perks of living on his estate. Although I said that it feels like we’re not close to the climax of the story earlier, I’m glad to see that Mr. Darcy is making some moves in chapter 33. Although we all thought that he was a stuck up snob in the early chapters, I honestly believe that he is misunderstood and the Elizabeth should not hold their first meeting against him so much. The very beginning of chapter 33 says, “More than once did Elizabeth in her ramble within the Park, unexpectedly meet Mr. Darcy. She felt all the preserveness of the mischance that should bring him where no one else was brought; and to prevent its ever happening again, took care to inform him at first, that it was a favourite haunt of hers. How it could occur a second time therefore was very odd! Yet it did, and even a third (124). When Jane Austen says, “How it could occur a second time was very odd!” she is being sarcastic because it is not odd and it is not by coincidence that Mr. Darcy keeps meeting Elizabeth at her favorite spot. Mr. Darcy is meeting Elizabeth at her favorite spot on purpose because he obviously likes her and I hope that he makes more moves so the chapters are a bit more exciting.
ReplyDelete-Alex Wessel
Although very little excitement occurred in these chapters, some truths were revealed. However, these truths were not of a great multitude--in fact, they were also somewhat uninteresting. First, in these chapters there was more truth revealed about Darcy's character. What Elizabeth had mistaken for pride (with him not talking or dancing with others at the ball) was later dismissed as him not being as socially gifted. Mr. Darcy remarks on this, "'I certainly have not the talent which some people possess of conversing easily with those I have never seen before'" (pg. 119). In addition to that, Mr. Darcy appears more pleasant and well-mannered in these chapters, even to the point where he "smiled and said, 'You are perfectly right'" (pg. 120) when Elizabeth lectures him. This response would seem much more uncharacteristic in the past few chapters, whereas there, Mr. Darcy barely ever smiled or was in agreement with anyone. As others have commented, I feel that Elizabeth should give him more of a chance as he seems like an agreeable, though misunderstood man. These chapters also hinted at some dishonesty from Caroline Bingley over the plans at Netherfield. Earlier, Caroline had mentioned in her letter to Jane that Mr. Bingley was set on stayed in Netherfield. However, when Elizabeth speaks to Mr. Darcy about this, he admits that, "'I have never heard him say so''" (pg. 121). I found this to be somewhat suspicious as Mr. Bingley, opposite to what Caroline said in the letters, seems somewhat oblivious to what his plans are. Instead, it seems like Caroline is dictating everything for her own benefit. -Jill Schuck (sorry again for the late posting!!)
ReplyDeleteI feel as if all the attention during the dinner was drawn to Lady Catherine de Bourgh. People were drawn to her in various ways “Mrs. Jenkinson was chiefly employed in watching how little Miss de Bourgh ate” (111) “When the ladies returned to the room, there was little to be done but to hear Lady Catherine talk,” (111) And then Elizabeth astonishes Lady Catherine with her sass and the book goes on to say “Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished… Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared trifle with so much dignified impertinence.” (113) This isn’t very surprising to me because Elizabeth seems to be the type of person to ignore a presence of authority and say whatever she wants whenever she wants. (Isaac Mezher)
ReplyDeleteLike Alan, I did not find the first couple chapters to be as interesting or eventful as previous chapters. However, it was nice to get more insight into who Lady Catherine de Bourgh is during the dinner scene at Rosings. She orders everyone around and repeatedly insults the Bennet family, at one point saying “The Miss Webbs all play, and their father has not so good an income as your” (112). Elizabeth thinks that “nothing was beneath this great Lady’s attention, which could furnish her with an occasion of dictating to others” (112). Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s later lecture on “execution and taste” (120) to Elizabeth reinforces this. It was also interesting to meet Fitzwilliam, Darcy’s cousin, and to hear from him about Mr. Darcy’s successful sabotage of what seems to be Mr. Bingley and Jane’s relationship, furthering Elizabeth’s distrust and dislike of Mr. Darcy. I would like to see in future chapters how Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy’s relationship will continue to deteriorate or get better now that she has learned of his other actions. - Matthew Hebert
ReplyDeleteI was not practically impressed by this reading, these chapters were rather ordinary. I was not at all surprised by the abrupt departure of Mr. Wickham. It seemed to my at least, too good to be true for Elizabeth, clearly a protagonist to secure what she desires so easily. And so then we read on about who likes who, but the first who is liked by someone else and so on and so forth. To be completely honest I can’t keep track of it all. But I will admit, despite my trepidations, no book I have ever read cover to cover in the past has demanded this much thought from me. And for that I am enjoying myself.
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At this point in the book it feels like we are about to see the climax of the story, but no we still have 100 or so pages left. I am glad that these chapters had Mr. Darcy in them because he is probably my favorite character because he has so much mystery to his character. He doesn't talk all that often and when he does it is sort of vague and unsatisfying. I am hoping that we will get more about what his motives are other than just being in love with Elizabeth. Speaking of Elizabeth these chapters must have been extremely awkward for her because of Mr. Darcy's reappearce and the fact that Mr. Collins and Charlotte are getting married. Both of these things contribute to the awkwardness of it all in these chapters.
ReplyDeleteI have always been a huge fan of Mr. Darcy ever since the start of the book, and now I am excited to see him make a reappearance in the book and I feel it’s for the better. I know this can’t mean Mr. Darcy is going to finally marry Elizabeth and live happily ever after because we still have plenty of the book to be read and i’m sure the chapters to come will be great.
ReplyDeleteIn the last reading section, I am so glad to see that Mr. Wickham has finally disappeared from the main plot and I hope he doesn’t return. He brought in so much confusion and drama to the story and I think it’s better for the story that a character like him doesn’t impact it. When Elizabeth visited Charlotte and Mr. Collins at Rosings I felt happy for her because I feel like she got over the fact that Mr. Collins married her friend Charlotte. When Mr. Darcy meets up with Elizabeth at the Rosings, I felt bad for Mr. Darcy because he had to face the awkward moment when Elizabeth asks him if he met Jane in London. I also love how they met unexpectedly and they both didn't know how to react “unexpectedly meet Mr. Darcy. She felt all the preserveness of the mischance that should bring him where no one else was brought; and to prevent its ever happening again, took care to inform him at first, How it could occur a second time ..Yet it did, and even a third” (124). I believe that the next chapters to come will be filled with drama and action, and will be very interesting to read. -Tikweze
s anyone else furious with Darcy?! In these chapters it finally comes to light that Mr.Darcy he had a definite hand in dragging Mr.Bingley away from Jane. My Initial reaction into this reveal was utter disgust. How can a friend possibly be so rude and cruel towards their friend, who is utterly in love with a fantastic kind hearted woman. WHO CARES IF SHE IS NOT THE SAME SOCIAL CLASS! Along with Darcy Miss Bingley is just as deplorable. She whisked her own brother who was obviously very happy just so she can try and force him to love another woman. I also dont doubt for a second she minded taking Mr.Darcy away who was becoming quite infatuated with Elizabeth. Marriage in the time of this book seems awful. What if someone didn't want to get married? What if someone was gay? What if someone could not have children? What if the wanted to marry for love instead of money? -Madeline Bronder
ReplyDeleteI've found myself especially enamored with these chapters and their contents, which is odd considering most of it takes place at Charlotte Luc… Collins's home, and I don't particularly enjoy her as a character. But she's toned down a little; I like how we learn how she’s strategically set up her life as to avoid Mr. Collins whenever possible, especially when Austen writes, "Elizabeth at first had rather wondered that Charlotte should not prefer the dining-parlour for common use; it was a better sized room, and had a pleasanter aspect; but she soon saw that her friend had an excellent reason for what she did, for Mr. Collins would undoubtedly have been much less in his own apartment, had they sat in one equally lively; and she gave Charlotte credit for the arrangement" (pg 114-115). I feel like we've all been played; we thought Charlotte absurd for marrying Mr. Collins, but in actuality, she's managed to play everything to her advantage, and make a content life for herself. Realizing that about Charlotte sort of humbled her character for me. Another character who I become increasingly more fond of after these chapters is - surprise! - Mr. Darcy. Which I'm sure is true for everyone. With every interaction between him and Elizabeth I'm building a stronger and stronger case that Darcy is actually really insecure and hides behind his pride. This theory was fueled by his dialogue with Elizabeth, when he said, “‘I certainly have not the talent which some people possess,’ said Darcy, ‘of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done’” (pg 119). It sort of stuck me then and there that Darcy has a reason to be bitter and short with people he hasn’t met: he’s nervous! He’s insecure of his ability to talk to strangers! He’s literally shy! He probably fears social interactions and in lieu of any type of formal or pleasant introduction, which in turn would lead to more interactions in the future, Darcy is curt and dry, ultimately branding him as such when gossiped about or when his character is assessed. I don’t think he really tries with people for that reason; he probably assumes that they already think low of him, and he doesn’t necessarily want any new acquaintances in the first place. He seems fine with his sour reputation as long as he doesn’t have to converse with new people, a skill he doesn’t think he has. This realization really did strike me, but what further amplified it was the contents of the next assigned chapters, which I’ll go in depth about in that blog post. But as for these particular chapters, I’ve been enjoying seeing all these odd characters thrown into a room together with Lady Catherine, and witnessing all of these witty interactions!
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ReplyDeleteThru chapters 27-33, I noticed that there is no such a difference between 1813 and our time to marry well. You can’t find the best partner, (except cloning yourself) so you have to go on a compromise. This is what happened to Mr.Collins and Charlotte.As it saying in book Mr.Collins wasn’t sensible, his community was irksome. But Charlotte isn’t a 20 years old model, she was not beatiful 27 years old woman, so she had to go on compromise with Mr.Collins.
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