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TwocenturiesandcountingWhyisPrideandPrejudicesuchanenduringfavourite?
Totheromantic,itsalovestoryparexcellence!
Toloversoffiction,itsstorytellingatitsbest.
Tolinguists,itspoetryinflowingprose.
Toloversoflife,itsanembodimentofjoiedevivre.
Toseekersofknowledge,itswisdompersonified.JaneAustenisaseeroftruthdisguisedasanovelist.apr120.02
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TimelineSetin19thcenturyEngland,PrideandPrejudicetracestheeventsinthelivesoftheBennetsoveraperiodofayear,startingbeforeMichaelmasof1811andendingbeforeChristmasof1812.October1811BingleyarrivesinNetherfield.DarcyinsultsElizabethattheMerytonBall.JaneandBingleyattractedtoeachother.MilitiaregimentarrivesatMeryton.November1811JanevisitsNetherfieldandstaysbackbecauseshefallsill.ElizabethgoestoNetherfieldtobewithJane.DarcybeginstofeelattractedtoElizabeth.CollinsarrivesatLongbourn.Jane,Elizabeth,Lydia,Collins,Bingley,DarcyandWickhammeetatMeryton.WickhamtellsliesaboutDarcy.ElizabethdanceswithDarcyattheNetherfieldball,herrelativesexposethemselves.CollinsproposestoElizabeth,sherefusesDecember1811BingleyleavesNetherfield.GardinersvisitLongbournforChristmas.JanegoestoLondonwiththeGardiners.January1812CollinsandCharlottemarryandleaveforHunsford.JanedoesnotmeetBingleyinLondon.March1812ElizabethvisitsCharlotteatHunsford.ElizabethdinesatRosingsoften.DarcyandFitzwilliamarrive.Darcyvisitstheparsonage.April1812ElizabethlearnsfromFitzwilliamaboutDarcysinterferenceinBingleylife.DarcyproposestoElizabeth,sherefuses.DarcygivesElizabethaletterexplaininghisroleinBingleysandWickhamsaffairs.DarcyleavesRosings.ElizabethgoestoLondon.May1812ElizabethandJanereturntoLongbourn.Themilitiaregimentleaves,LydiagoeswiththeForsters.June1812ElizabethstouroftheNorthwiththeGardinersispostponed.ElizabethvisitsDerbyshirewiththeGardiners.August1812LydiaelopeswithWickham.Mr.BennetgoestoLondoninsearchofLydia.ElizabethvisitsPemberley,Darcyarrives.ElizabethmeetsDarcy,Georgiana,theBingleys.JanesletteraboutLydiaselopementarrives,ElizabethleavesforLongbournafterinformingDarcy.DarcyleavesforLondon.Mr.BennetreturnstoLongbourn.DarcycallsonMr.GardinerinLondon.Mr.GardinerwritestoMr.BennetthatLydiaandWickhamaretobemarried.LydiaandWickhamaremarried.LydiaandWickhamvisitLongbournSeptember1812ElizabethwritestoMrs.GardineraskingherforanexplanationafterLydiasdisclosesthatDarcyattendedherwedding.Mrs.Gardinerreplies.TheWickhamsleave.BingleyreturnstoNetherfield.BingleyandDarcycallontheBennets.DarcyconfessestoBingleyabouthisinterferencewithJane.BingleyproposestoJane,theyareengaged.October1812LadyCatherinevisitsLongbourn.CollinswritestoMr.BennetabouttherumourofElizabethsengagementtoDarcy.DarcyproposestoElizabeth,sheacceptshim.JaneandBingleymarry,ElizabethandDarcymarry.
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ThatyoungladyhadatalentfordescribingtheinvolvementsandfeelingsandcharactersofordinarylifewhichistomethemostwonderfulIevermetwith....Whatapitysuchagiftedcreaturediedsoearly!SirWalterScott,1826PrideandPrejudiceAudiobook[Chapter01]
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ELIZABETH,astheydrovealong,watchedforthefirstappearanceofPemberleyWoodswithsomeperturbationandwhenatlengththeyturnedinatthelodge,herspiritswereinahighflutter.Theparkwasverylarge,andcontainedgreatvarietyofground.Theyentereditinoneofitslowestpoints,anddroveforsometimethroughabeautifulwood,stretchingoverawideextent.Elizabethsmindwastoofullforconversation,butshesawandadmiredeveryremarkablespotandpointofview.Theygraduallyascendedforhalfamile,andthenfoundthemselvesatthetopofaconsiderableeminence,wherethewoodceased,andtheeyewasinstantlycaughtbyPemberleyHouse,situatedontheoppositesideofavalley,intowhichtheroad,withsomeabruptness,wound....Elizabethwasdelighted.Shehadneverseenaplaceforwhichnaturehaddonemore,orwherenaturalbeautyhadbeensolittlecounteractedbyanawkwardtaste.Theydescendedthehill,crossedthebridge,anddrovetothedoor.
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CheapsideAstreetintheCityofLondon,todaythefinancialdistrictandatthetimeofourstorydecidedlyassociatedwithtrade,thatterriblenewmoneythingthattheBingleysaretryingsohardtoforgetabout.AnareathatMissBingleyorMrsHurstwouldneverdreamofvisitingiftheycouldpossiblyavoidit.
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SocialEvolutionPrideandPrejudicewaswrittenduringanepochwhenFrancewasinthemidstofaviolentrevolutionaryupheavalandvividlydepictsthesocialresponsetothoseeventsinEngland.EnglandhadalreadyundergoneamajorsocialupheavalwiththedethronementandexecutionofCharlesIandtheGloriousRevolutionof1688,layingtheessentialbasisforevolutionofliberaldemocracy.Inspiteofthesetwomajorcataclysmicchanges,acenturylater,itwasonceagainthreatenedwithrevolutionarychangebycontagionfromacrossthechannel.ThewholenationrosetotheoccasionoftheFrenchRevolutionandwasreadytodoeverythinginherpowertoavoidarevolution.TheFrencharistocracyhadresistedthewindsofchangewithrudevulgarassertionoftheirsuperiority,untilitwasimposedonthembyphysicalforce.Intheprocess,about1600ofthemlosttheirheads.TheirEnglishcounterpartsconsentedtoaccommodatetheaspirationsoftherisingmiddleclassesbypermittingintermarriagewithcommoners.PrideandPrejudicedepictsthissilentprocessofsocialtransformationinthelivesoftheEnglishgentility.ThewholeprocessissummarizedinElizabethsaccusationsagainstDarcy,accusinghimofarrogance,pride,conceit,andselfishdisdainforothers.DarcysconsciousindividualresponseepitomizesthecollectivesubconsciousresponseoftheEnglishupperclasses.Heacceptsthetruthofheraccusationsandendeavorsandtransformshimselffortheexplicitpurposeofpleasingandwinningher.Thus,acharmingstoryofromanceandmarriagebecomesbothavehicleforandaproductofsocialevolution.apr321.5419
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MultiplelayersofmeaningDarcysmarriagetoElizabethrevealsmultiplelevelsofsignificance.
Atthelevelofpoliticalandeconomicstructures,itisamovementofsocialevolutionfromaristocracytoaneworder.
Atthesociallevel,itisthefirststepthatleadseventuallytotheerosionoftheinstitutionofmarriageandtheemergenceoftheindividualfromthecollective.Theempowermentofwomenandthemiddleandlowerclasseschallengesandeventuallyoverthrowsestablishedsocialinstitutions.
Atthepsychologicallevel,itrepresentsthedevelopmentofcharacterfromprideandprejudicetogreaterselfknowledgeandhumility.
Atthespirituallevel,itistheevolutionfromegotospiritualequality.apr322.30
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AccomplishmentPrideandPrejudiceisataleofaccomplishment,accomplishmentofindividuals,families,societyandanation.Everyonegets,does,orbecomeswhattheywant.
Mrs.Bennetgetsthreedaughtersmarried.
Janegetsthegentle,lovinghusbandinBingley.
Elizabethfindsthemanshecanrespectandlove.
EvenLydiafindsallthatshecaresfor,youth,charmandwildness,inWickham.
Charlotteasksforthesecurityofahomeandmarriage.AndCollinsistheanswer.
Collinsisinneedofagirlwhowillbesatisfiedwithwhatmaterialbenefitshehastooffer,sharehisdeferencetoLadyCatherine,andnotaskforanythingbetter.AndCharlotteishisstrokeofluck.
DarcywantsBingleytobehisbrother.
WickhamwantstobecomeDarcysbrother.Bothgettheirwishes,thoughinunexpectedways!
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