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reproach. This matter may be considered, therefore, as finally settled.” Andrising as she thus spoke, she would have quitted the room, had not Mr. Collinsthus addressed her,—“When I do myself the honour of speaking to you next on the subject, Ishall hope to receive a more favourable answer than you have now given me;though I am far from accusing you of cruelty at present, because I know it tobe the established custom of your sex to reject a man on the first application,and, perhaps, you have even now said as much to encourage my suit as wouldbe consistent with the true delicacy of the female character.”“Really, Mr. Collins,” cried Elizabeth, with some warmth, “you puzzle meexceedingly. If what I have hitherto said can appear to you in the form ofencouragement, I know not how to express my refusal in such a way as mayconvince you of its being one.”“You must give me leave to flatter myself, my dear cousin, that yourrefusal of my addresses are merely words of course. My reasons for believingit are briefly these:—It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy youracceptance, or that the establishment I can offer would be any other thanhighly desirable. My situation in life, my connections with the family of DeBourgh, and my relationship to your own, are circumstances highly in myfavour; and you should take it into further consideration that, in spite of yourmanifold attractions, it is by no means certain that another offer of marriagemay ever be made you. Your portion is unhappily so small, that it will in alllikelihood undo the effects of your loveliness and amiable qualifications. As Imust, therefore, conclude that you are not serious in your rejection of me, Ishall choose to attribute it to your wish of increasing my love by suspense,according to the usual practice of elegant females.”“I do assure you, sir, that I have no pretensions whatever to that kind ofelegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. I would rather bepaid the compliment of being believed sincere. I thank you again and againfor the honour you have done me in your proposals, but to accept them isabsolutely impossible. My feelings in every respect forbid it. Can I speakplainer? Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plagueyou, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.”“You are uniformly charming!” cried he with an air of awkward gallantry;“and I am persuaded that, when sanctioned by the express authority of bothyour excellent parents, my proposals will not fail of being acceptable.”To such perseverance in wilful self-deception Elizabeth would make no
reply, and immediately and in silence withdrew; determined, that if hepersisted in considering her repeated refusals as flattering encouragement, toapply to her father, whose negative might be uttered in such a manner as mustbe decisive, and whose behaviour at least could not be mistaken for theaffectation and coquetry of an elegant female.
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Table of ContentsFrom the Pages of
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Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter
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She found, what has been sometimes
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Fine Creative Media, Inc.322 Eighth
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she insisted that her work be kept
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Lyrical Ballads .1801 Jane’s fath
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IntroductionLong before Austenmania
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Peninsular War, when Napoleon invad
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herself descends from lower gentry,
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Earlier she had cautioned Fanny aga
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and social organization. In Austen
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action, except for the occasional i
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sleep” (p. 54). In fact, the sort
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and rank she thought she could witn
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Nor, for that matter, does the othe
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Volume the First
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“Design! nonsense, how can you ta
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Chapter 2Mr. Bennet was among the e
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“Oh,” said Lydia, stoutly, “I
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entered the assembly-room, it consi
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and Mr. Bingley thought her quite b
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house; and I am much mistaken if we
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Chapter 5Within a short walk of Lon
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Vanity and pride are different thin
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he must find it out.”“Perhaps h
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best performers.” On Miss Lucas
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“Your conjecture is totally wrong
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Catherine was disconcerted, and mad
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been to me—and, excepting a sore-
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Chapter 8At five o’clock the two
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evening, when she had the comfort o
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“Yes; I do comprehend a great dea
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Chapter 9Elizabeth passed the chief
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I am in town, it is pretty much the
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Page 76 and 77: we discuss the discretion of his be
Page 78 and 79: “Oh yes. Do let the portraits of
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Page 82 and 83: “Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed
Page 84 and 85: at her.On Sunday, after morning ser
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Page 88 and 89: encouragement, nor inclined to be s
Page 90 and 91: “She is a most charming young lad
Page 92 and 93: Chapter 15Mr. Collins was not a sen
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Page 96 and 97: Chapter 16As no objection was made
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Page 100 and 101: his father, I can never defy or exp
Page 102 and 103: while. Among those who are at all h
Page 104 and 105: Chapter 17Elizabeth related to Jane
Page 106 and 107: evil tendency; and I am so far from
Page 108 and 109: her release from him was ecstasy.Sh
Page 110 and 111: Bingley), “shall take place. What
Page 112 and 113: informed me himself.”“I beg you
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Page 116 and 117: to prevent such a proof of complais
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Page 124 and 125: Chapter 20Mr. Collins was not left
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Page 128 and 129: Chapter 21The discussion of Mr. Col
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Page 132 and 133: The idea of his returning no more E
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Page 136 and 137: The steady countenance which Miss L
Page 138 and 139: Nothing could console and nothing a
Page 140 and 141: Mrs. Bennet was really in a most pi
Page 142 and 143: Chapter 1Miss Bingley’s letter ar
Page 144 and 145: “To oblige you, I would try to be
Page 146 and 147: “True,” said Mr. Bennet; “but
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Page 150 and 151: common; and, though Wickham had bee
Page 152 and 153: “Perhaps it will be as well if yo
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Page 156 and 157: Chapter 4With no greater events tha
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Page 162 and 163: Mr. Collins and Charlotte were both
Page 164 and 165: at St. James’s.As the weather was
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Chapter 8Colonel Fitzwilliam’s ma
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Elizabeth laughed heartily at this
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Chapter 9Elizabeth was sitting by h
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frequent journeys—and I am persua
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Chapter 10More than once did Elizab
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your charge give you much trouble?
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excellent, her mind improved, and h
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Elizabeth’s astonishment was beyo
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less tranquil tone, and with a heig
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Chapter 12Elizabeth awoke the next
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air was such as might have given th
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became vacant. There was also a leg
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Chapter 13If Elizabeth, when Mr. Da
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resolved on applying to him, but th
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After wandering along the lane for
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to stay two months. I told Mrs. Col
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obliged, on her return, to undo all
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Catherine’s great attentions to M
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Chapter 16It was the second week in
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the two Harringtons to come: but Ha
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Chapter 17Elizabeth’s impatience
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“Certainly. But the misfortune of
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Chapter 18The first week of their r
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of checking her exuberant spirits,
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“His manners are very different f
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Chapter 19Had Elizabeth’s opinion
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above once a day, unless, by some c
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To Pemberley, therefore, they were
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Chapter 1Elizabeth, as they drove a
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“Does that young lady know Mr. Da
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apartments below; and were informed
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been beyond the reach of his discri
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gloried in every expression, every
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better when they met in Kent than b
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Chapter 2Elizabeth had settled it t
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saying more that might lead to the
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enough to determine her feelings to
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scarcely determine. After sitting i
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However little Mr. Darcy might have
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Without allowing herself time for c
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She burst into tears as she alluded
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entertained a hope of Wickham’s m
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Chapter 5I have been thinking it ov
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forbearance and liberality towards
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both, with alternate smiles and tea
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involves her in endless ruin, that
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journey.YOUR AFFECTIONATE FRIEND,LY
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Chapter 6The whole party were in ho
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“MY DEAR SIR,“I feel myself cal
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saying; made no mention of the busi
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Chapter 7Two days after Mr. Bennet
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“Is it possible?” cried Elizabe
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Elizabeth took the letter from his
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Chapter 8Mr. Bennet had very often
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them at Longbourn.”A long dispute
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understand from Mrs. Gardiner that
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them talk fast enough; and Wickham,
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“No, really,” replied Elizabeth
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Chapter 10Elizabeth had the satisfa
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be reasonable. Every thing being se
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such a research; in which supplicat
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“How should you have liked making
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had received orders to prepare for
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him from her dressing-room window e
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He readily agreed to it.“I began
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Chapter 12As soon as they were gone
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them; do we?”Darcy had walked awa
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Chapter 13A few days after this vis
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her daughter. Elizabeth, who had a
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I remember, as soon as ever I saw h
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Chapter 14One morning, about a week
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journey hither. Your own heart, you
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“These are heavy misfortunes,”
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“It is well. You refuse, then, to
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“If, therefore, an excuse for not
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my cousin Lydia’s sad business ha
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wish of giving happiness to you mig
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and cool; but I am since convinced
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Elizabeth could not help smiling at
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Forgive the question—are you quit
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She did not fear her father’s opp
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and how great you will be! What pin
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“Because you were grave and silen
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soon evident. Lady Catherine had be
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reluctance.As for Wickham and Lydia
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Endnotes1 (p. 6) four or five thous
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Austen’s day, Mr. Collins’s sen
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Austen’s six brothers would each
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trenches in France during World War
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commonplace things and characters i
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For Further ReadingBIOGRAPHIESCecil
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aFour-wheeled closed carriage.bFeas
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Four-wheeled open carriage.aaJames
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Bags for needlework.baCrystalline m
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