Mr. Hurst Interrupts
Mr. Hurst Interrupts Growing weary of being ignored at the card table, Mr. Hurst bitterly calls the women to order, ending the debate as the conversation ceases entirely.
Miss Bingley Criticizes Elizabeth
Miss Bingley Criticizes Elizabeth After Elizabeth leaves the room, Miss Bingley dismisses her as a young lady who undervalues her own sex to recommend herself to men, calling it a…
Darcy on Meanness and Captivation
Darcy on Meanness and Captivation Addressing Darcy specifically, Miss Bingley finds reinforcement for her view as Darcy declares that there is meanness in all arts ladies employ f…
Jane Grows Worse
Jane Grows Worse Elizabeth briefly returns to announce that her sister is worse and she cannot leave her. The urgency of Jane’s condition now occupies the household.
Plans to Send for Mr. Jones
Plans to Send for Mr. Jones Bingley urges that Mr. Jones be sent for immediately, while his sisters advocate for an express to town for a leading physician.…
Duets After Supper
Duets After Supper While Bingley remains deeply uncomfortable and gives his housekeeper directions for Jane’s care, his sisters console themselves by playing duets after supper.
KAPITEL IX.
Chapter IX opens with Elizabeth keeping vigil through the night at Jane’s bedside in the Netherfield sickroom. By morning, Jane’s condition has improved enough that Elizabeth can send reassuring messages to Mr. Bingley and his sisters.…
Elizabeth Summons Her Mother
Elizabeth Summons Her Mother After a night spent nursing Jane, Elizabeth reports Jane’s improvement to Mr. Bingley via a housemaid and later to his sisters.…
Mrs. Bennet Arrives at Netherfield
Mrs. Bennet Arrives at Netherfield Mrs. Bennet, accompanied by her two youngest daughters Lydia and Kitty, arrives at Netherfield shortly after the family breakfast.…
A Mother’s Reluctance to Move Jane
A Mother’s Reluctance to Move Jane Mrs. Bennet is secretly pleased that Jane remains at Netherfield, as her recovery would mean leaving Bingley’s household.…
Breakfast Parlour Conversation
Breakfast Parlour Conversation In the parlour, Bingley greets Mrs. Bennet with polite concern, and she assures him Jane is far too ill to be moved.…
Country Versus Town
Country Versus Town The conversation turns to Darcy’s observation that the country offers limited subjects for the study of character. Mrs.…
Mrs. Bennet Boasts of Jane’s Beauty
Mrs. Bennet Boasts of Jane’s Beauty Mrs. Bennet steers the topic to Charlotte Lucas, whom she labels plain while crediting herself and Jane with superior looks.…
Poetry as the Food of Love
Poetry as the Food of Love Elizabeth dismisses the unknown gentleman’s affection, remarking that poetry often starves love rather than sustaining it.…
Lydia Demands the Ball
Lydia Demands the Ball As Mrs. Bennet signals for the carriage, the youngest daughter Lydia steps forward.…
Departure from Netherfield
Departure from Netherfield Mrs. Bennet and her daughters take their leave, and Elizabeth returns at once to Jane’s sickroom, leaving her family’s behaviour to the commentary of Mi…
KAPITEL X.
Chapter X unfolds over an evening at Netherfield and the following day in the shrubbery. After a day much like the previous one, with Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley tending to the recovering Jane, Elizabeth joins the drawing-room party in the evening.…
Evening in the Drawing-Room
Evening in the Drawing-Room The evening begins much as the previous day had passed, with Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley spending hours with the slowly recovering Jane.…
Miss Bingley Watches Darcy Write
Miss Bingley Watches Darcy Write Miss Bingley, seated near Mr. Darcy, watches the progress of his letter and repeatedly diverts his attention with messages intended for his sister…
Letter-Writing Dialogue
Letter-Writing Dialogue Miss Bingley showers Darcy with compliments about his penmanship and expresses delight that Miss Darcy will receive such a letter.…
Bingley on Humility and Writing
Bingley on Humility and Writing Bingley, overhearing the exchange, interrupts to declare that Darcy’s letters are not effortless but labored, studying words of four syllables too…
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