Mr. Bennet’s Quiet Enjoyment of His Cousin
Mr. Bennet’s expectations are fully answered: he finds his cousin as absurd as he had hoped and listens with the keenest enjoyment, maintaining the most resolute composure of coun…
Tea Time and Reading Aloud
By tea-time Mr. Bennet has had enough of the dose and is glad to take his guest into the drawing-room; once tea is over he invites Collins to read aloud to the ladies.
Collins Refuses to Read Novels
Collins readily agrees, but on seeing that the book produced is from a circulating library he starts back, begs pardon, and protests that he never reads novels.…
Lydia Interrupts the Reading
Before Collins has read three pages with monotonous solemnity, Lydia interrupts him with chatter about her uncle Philips possibly turning away Richard, Colonel Forster’s hiring hi…
Collins Resents Lydia’s Behaviour
After Lydia’s two eldest sisters bid her hold her tongue, Collins, much offended, lays aside his book.…
Backgammon with Mr. Bennet
Collins then offers himself as Mr. Bennet’s antagonist at backgammon. Mr. Bennet accepts, praising Collins for wisely leaving the girls to their trifling amusements. Mrs.…
第十五章
Chapter XV opens with a character sketch of Mr. Collins, then follows his scheme to marry one of the Bennet daughters as amends for inheriting Longbourn. After briefly fixing on Jane, he is steered toward Elizabeth by a hint from Mrs. Bennet.…
Mr. Collins’s Character and Background
Mr. Collins is introduced as deficient in sense, with only a university education of form rather than substance.…
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