TABLE OF CONTENTS
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man...
"I desire you will do no such thing. Lizzy is...
Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited...
"How good it was in you, my dear Mr. Bennet!...
Not all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of...
Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all the...
"Oh! my dear Mr. Bennet," as she entered the room,...
When Jane and Elizabeth were alone, the former, who had...
His sisters were anxious for his having an estate of...
Within a short walk of Longbourn lived a family with...
"I do not mind his not talking to Mrs. Long,"...
The ladies of Longbourn soon waited on those of Netherfield....
"Not as you represent it. Had she merely _dined_ with...
"Did you not think, Mr. Darcy, that I expressed myself...
He paused in hopes of an answer; but his companion...
Mr. Bennet's property consisted almost entirely in an estate of...
"Mamma," cried Lydia, "my aunt says that Colonel Forster and...
"MY DEAR FRIEND,--
"CAROLINE BINGLEY"
"MY DEAREST LIZZY,--
Her inquiries after her sister were not very favourably answered....
At five o'clock the two ladies retired to dress, and...
"I have a excessive regard for Miss Jane Bennet, she...
"With all my heart; I will buy Pemberley itself if...
"Undoubtedly," replied Darcy, to whom this remark was chiefly addressed,...
Elizabeth passed the chief of the night in her sister's...
"I did not know before," continued Bingley immediately, "that you...
"And so ended his affection," said Elizabeth impatiently. "There has...
The day passed much as the day before had done....
"Nay," cried Bingley, "this is too much, to remember at...
Mr. Darcy smiled; but Elizabeth thought she could perceive that...
"I hope," said she, as they were walking together in...
When the ladies removed after dinner, Elizabeth ran up to...
"If you mean Darcy," cried her brother, "he may go...
"Mr. Darcy is not to be laughed at!" cried Elizabeth....
In consequence of an agreement between the sisters, Elizabeth wrote...
They found Mary, as usual, deep in the study of...
"I hope, my dear," said Mr. Bennet to his wife,...
"WILLIAM COLLINS"
"I am very sensible, madam, of the hardship to my...
During dinner, Mr. Bennet scarcely spoke at all; but when...
"You judge very properly," said Mr. Bennet, "and it is...
Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency...
In pompous nothings on his side, and civil assents on...
As they walked home, Elizabeth related to Jane what she...
As no objection was made to the young people's engagement...
Mr. Wickham did not play at whist, and with ready...
"Oh! no--it is not for _me_ to be driven away...
"This is quite shocking! He deserves to be publicly disgraced."
"Can such abominable pride as his have ever done him...
"Lady Catherine de Bourgh," she replied, "has very lately given...
Elizabeth related to Jane the next day what had passed...
"While I can have my mornings to myself," said she,...
Till Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield, and looked in...
When the dancing recommenced, however, and Darcy approached to claim...
Darcy made no answer, and seemed desirous of changing the...
"But if I do not take your likeness now, I...
"Mr. Bingley does not know Mr. Wickham himself?"
"I have no reason, I assure you," said he, "to...
Nothing that she could say, however, had any influence. Her...
To Elizabeth it appeared that, had her family made an...
Mrs. Bennet was perfectly satisfied, and quitted the house under...
The next day opened a new scene at Longbourn. Mr....
It was absolutely necessary to interrupt him now.
"You must give me leave to flatter myself, my dear...
Mr. Collins was not left long to the silent contemplation...
"I have, sir."
Her daughters listened in silence to this effusion, sensible that...
The discussion of Mr. Collins's offer was now nearly at...
"It is unlucky," said she, after a short pause, "that...
"Yes, there can; for mine is totally different. Will you...
They agreed that Mrs. Bennet should only hear of the...
The Bennets were engaged to dine with the Lucases and...
As he was to begin his journey too early on...
But Elizabeth had now recollected herself, and making a strong...
Elizabeth was sitting with her mother and sisters, reflecting on...
Lady Lucas could not be insensible of triumph on being...
Mr. Collins returned most punctually on Monday fortnight, but his...
Miss Bingley's letter arrived, and put an end to doubt....
With a stronger voice she soon added, "I have this...
"And men take care that they should."
"Thank you, sir, but a less agreeable man would satisfy...
After a week spent in professions of love and schemes...
"An excellent consolation in its way," said Elizabeth, "but it...
The Gardiners stayed a week at Longbourn; and what with...
Mrs. Gardiner's caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given...
Her aunt assured her that she was, and Elizabeth having...
"My aunt," she continued, "is going to-morrow into that part...
This letter gave Elizabeth some pain; but her spirits returned...
With no greater events than these in the Longbourn family,...
Elizabeth then contrived to sit by her aunt. Their first...
Every object in the next day's journey was new and...
From his garden, Mr. Collins would have led them round...
"La! my dear," said Maria, quite shocked at the mistake,...
Mr. Collins's triumph, in consequence of this invitation, was complete....
In spite of having been at St. James's Sir William...
"Your father's estate is entailed on Mr. Collins, I think....
"Upon my word," said her ladyship, "you give your opinion...
Sir William stayed only a week at Hunsford, but his...
In this quiet way, the first fortnight of her visit...
Colonel Fitzwilliam's manners were very much admired at the Parsonage,...
Mr. Darcy looked a little ashamed of his aunt's ill-breeding,...
"I certainly have not the talent which some people possess,"...
Elizabeth was sitting by herself the next morning, and writing...
"It must be very agreeable for her to be settled...
But why Mr. Darcy came so often to the Parsonage,...
In her kind schemes for Elizabeth, she sometimes planned her...
More than once did Elizabeth, in her ramble within the...
"These are home questions--and perhaps I cannot say that I...
"Did Mr. Darcy give you reasons for this interference?"
The agitation and tears which the subject occasioned, brought on...
When they were gone, Elizabeth, as if intending to exasperate...
"In such cases as this, it is, I believe, the...
"You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns," said...
The tumult of her mind, was now painfully great. She...
Elizabeth awoke the next morning to the same thoughts and...
"I had not been long in Hertfordshire, before I saw,...
"The part which I acted is now to be explained....
"My excellent father died about five years ago; and his...
"This, madam, is a faithful narrative of every event in...
If Elizabeth, when Mr. Darcy gave her the letter, did...
The extravagance and general profligacy which he scrupled not to...
She grew absolutely ashamed of herself. Of neither Darcy nor...
The two gentlemen left Rosings the next morning, and Mr....
"My uncle is to send a servant for us."
When they parted, Lady Catherine, with great condescension, wished them...
On Saturday morning Elizabeth and Mr. Collins met for breakfast...
At length the chaise arrived, the trunks were fastened on,...
It was the second week in May, in which the...
"She is a great fool for going away, if she...
"I am glad you are come back, Lizzy."
Elizabeth's impatience to acquaint Jane with what had happened could...
"I never thought Mr. Darcy so deficient in the _appearance_...
She was now, on being settled at home, at leisure...
The first week of their return was soon gone. The...
"Lydia will never be easy until she has exposed herself...
Had Lydia and her mother known the substance of her...
"Oh, no!" said Elizabeth. "In essentials, I believe, he is...
Had Elizabeth's opinion been all drawn from her own family,...
"But it is fortunate," thought she, "that I have something...
With the mention of Derbyshire there were many ideas connected....
Elizabeth, as they drove along, watched for the first appearance...
Her aunt now called her to look at a picture....
"There are very few people of whom so much can...
There was certainly at this moment, in Elizabeth's mind, a...
They had now entered a beautiful walk by the side...
Mrs. Gardiner was standing a little behind; and on her...
Elizabeth answered only by a slight bow. Her thoughts were...
"But perhaps he may be a little whimsical in his...
Elizabeth had settled it that Mr. Darcy would bring his...
To Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner he was scarcely a less...
Their visitors stayed with them above half-an-hour; and when they...
As for Elizabeth, her thoughts were at Pemberley this evening...
Convinced as Elizabeth now was that Miss Bingley's dislike of...
He had been some time with Mr. Gardiner, who, with...
Their visit did not continue long after the question and...
Elizabeth had been a good deal disappointed in not finding...
"Oh! where, where is my uncle?" cried Elizabeth, darting from...
Darcy shook his head in silent acquiescence.
She had never perceived, while the regiment was in Hertfordshire,...
"I have been thinking it over again, Elizabeth," said her...
"It does seem, and it is most shocking indeed," replied...
"When they all removed to Brighton, therefore, you had no...
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"If I had been able," said she, "to carry my...
Though her brother and sister were persuaded that there was...
"And till Colonel Forster came himself, not one of you...
"MY DEAR HARRIET,
"LYDIA BENNET."
The whole party were in hopes of a letter from...
Elizabeth was at no loss to understand from whence this...
"MY DEAR SIR,
Mr. Gardiner added in his letter, that they might expect...
They were interrupted by Miss Bennet, who came to fetch...
Two days after Mr. Bennet's return, as Jane and Elizabeth...
"MY DEAR BROTHER,
"EDW. GARDINER."
"We must endeavour to forget all that has passed on...
She was then proceeding to all the particulars of calico,...
Mr. Bennet had very often wished before this period of...
The good news spread quickly through the house, and with...
From such a connection she could not wonder that he...
"E. GARDINER."
Their sister's wedding day arrived; and Jane and Elizabeth felt...
Elizabeth could bear it no longer. She got up, and...
Lydia was exceedingly fond of him. He was her dear...
"Thank you," said Lydia, "for if you did, I should...
Elizabeth had the satisfaction of receiving an answer to her...
"MY DEAR NIECE,
"Mr. Darcy asked him why he had not married your...
"When all this was resolved on, he returned again to...
"M. GARDINER."
"True. Are the others coming out?"
She held out her hand; he kissed it with affectionate...
Mr. Wickham was so perfectly satisfied with this conversation that...
Miss Bennet had not been able to hear of his...
"I wish I could say anything to comfort you," replied...
Elizabeth said as little to either as civility would allow,...
Elizabeth, who knew this to be levelled at Mr. Darcy,...
As soon as they were gone, Elizabeth walked out to...
She was in hopes that the evening would afford some...
Mrs. Bennet, in short, was in very great spirits; she...
A few days after this visit, Mr. Bingley called again,...
He scarcely needed an invitation to stay supper; and before...
"And this," said she, "is the end of all his...
Mary petitioned for the use of the library at Netherfield;...
One morning, about a week after Bingley's engagement with Jane...
Elizabeth obeyed, and running into her own room for her...
"Miss Bennet, do you know who I am? I have...
"In marrying your nephew, I should not consider myself as...
"It is well. You refuse, then, to oblige me. You...
The discomposure of spirits which this extraordinary visit threw Elizabeth...
"Lizzy," said he, "I was going to look for you;...
"Are you not diverted?"
Instead of receiving any such letter of excuse from his...
They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was...
"The letter shall certainly be burnt, if you believe it...
He then told her of Georgiana's delight in her acquaintance,...
"My dear Lizzy, where can you have been walking to?"...
Another entreaty that she would be serious, however, produced the...
In the evening, soon after Mr. Bennet withdrew to the...
"Well, my dear," said he, when she ceased speaking, "I...
This was a sad omen of what her mother's behaviour...
Elizabeth's spirits soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr....
"Lady Catherine has been of infinite use, which ought to...
"DEAR SIR,
Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on...
"Yours, etc."
With the Gardiners, they were always on the most intimate...
