Wickham’s Society and Darcy’s Condemnation
Wickham’s frequent company proves a material service in dispelling the Longbourn gloom, and he now openly acknowledges and canvasses his grievances against Darcy before the neighb…
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Chapter XXV opens with Mr. Collins’s departure from Longbourn following his week-long courtship of Charlotte Lucas, after which the Gardiners arrive for Christmas. The chapter centers on Mrs.…
Mr. Collins Departs Longbourn
After a week of courtship, Mr. Collins departs Longbourn on Saturday to return to Charlotte Lucas at Hunsford.…
Arrival of the Gardiners at Longbourn
On the following Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner arrive at Longbourn to spend Christmas. Mr.…
Mrs. Bennet’s Grievances
Upon her arrival, Mrs. Gardiner distributes presents and describes the latest fashions before settling into her role as listener to Mrs. Bennet’s many grievances. Mrs.…
Mrs. Gardiner’s Counsel to Elizabeth
Later, alone with Elizabeth, Mrs. Gardiner addresses the subject more directly. She expresses regret that Jane’s match with Bingley went off, observing that such inconstancies are…
Jane Accepts the Invitation to London
Miss Bennet accepts her aunt’s invitation with pleasure. The Bingleys occupy her thoughts only insofar as she hopes that, Caroline not living in the same house as her brother, she…
Observations of Wickham
The Gardiners stay a week at Longbourn, during which there is not a day without engagement—family dinners include the Philipses, Lucases, and officers, with Mr.…
Wickham’s Knowledge of Pemberley
Wickham possesses one means of pleasing Mrs. Gardiner beyond his general powers: about ten or twelve years before her marriage, she had spent considerable time in the very part of…
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