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 don't Mr. Bennet's daughters get to inherit the Longbourn estate?
In the book Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Collins comments that Lady Catherine de Bourgh's daughter will one day inherit the de Bourgh fortune. From previous chapters, we know that the five daughters of ...
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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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What does Mr Darcy refer to when objecting to Mr Bennet's "want of propriety"?
In Mr Darcy's letter to Elizabeth, he writes:
The situation of your mother's family, though objectionable, was nothing in comparison of that total want of propriety so frequently, so almost ...
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Meaning of "moralize over every morning visit" in Pride and Prejudice
In the final chapter of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen writes
Mary was the only daughter who remained at home; and she was necessarily drawn from the pursuit of accomplishments by Mrs. Bennet's ...
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