Miss Bingley Teases Darcy About His Reverie
Miss Bingley, observing Darcy’s reverie, accosts him and guesses that he is considering how insupportable it would be to pass many evenings in such society.…
Darcy Admires Miss Elizabeth Bennet
Darcy admits to Miss Bingley that he has been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.…
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Chapter VII of Pride and Prejudice opens by establishing the Bennet family’s precarious financial situation and then introduces the arrival of the militia regiment at Meryton.…
Mr. Bennet’s Estate and Entail
Mr. Bennet’s property consists almost entirely of an entailed estate worth about two thousand a year.…
Mrs. Bennet’s Family Connections
Mrs. Bennet’s father was an attorney in Meryton, who left her four thousand pounds at his death. She has a sister married to Mr.…
Longbourn and the Village of Meryton
Longbourn lies only one mile from Meryton, a convenient distance for the young ladies, who typically visit the town three or four times a week to call on their aunt Philips and pa…
The Militia Regiment at Meryton
The neighbourhood has lately been enlivened by the arrival of a militia regiment, which is to remain the whole winter with Meryton as its headquarters.…
The Bennets’ Interest in the Officers
Visits to Mrs. Philips now yield the most interesting intelligence about the officers’ lodgings and connections, and the Bennets begin to know the officers personally. Mr.…
Mr. Bennet Reproves His Daughters
After listening one morning to his daughters’ raptures about the officers, Mr. Bennet coolly observes that, judging by their manner of talking, they must be two of the silliest gi…
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