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Pride and Prejudice / Longing and Separation

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: unrequited love, social class, courtship, isolation, hope  | Source: Project Gutenberg

They were confined for the evening at different tables; and she had nothing to hope, but that his eyes were so often turned towards her side of the ro...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Dynamics

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: class disparity, ambition, social norms, patronage, civility  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Collins’s triumph, in consequence of this invitation, was complete. The power of displaying the grandeur of his patroness to his wondering visitors, a...
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Pride and Prejudice / Civility and Class

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social dynamics, class consciousness, reputation, propriety  | Source: Project Gutenberg

“I have no reason, I assure you,” said he, “to be dissatisfied with my reception. He answered me with the utmost civility, and even paid me the compli...
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Pride and Prejudice / Survival Anxiety

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social status, gender roles, inheritance, family duty, emotional despair  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Let us flatter ourselves that _I_ may be the survivor.” This was not very consoling to Mrs. Bennet; and, therefore, instead of making any answer, she ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Colonels Arrival

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: class dynamics, familial ties, social expectations, personal agency, regency society  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Darcy had brought with him a Colonel Fitzwilliam, the younger son of his uncle, Lord ----; and, to the great surprise of all the party, when Mr.
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Pride and Prejudice / Societal Judgment

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: class conflict, gender roles, individuality, social expectation  | Source: Project Gutenberg

She was shown into the breakfast parlour, where all but Jane were assembled, and where her appearance created a great deal of surprise. That she shoul...
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Pride and Prejudice / Reputation and Silence

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social perception, personal conflict, moral ambiguity, class dynamics  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Darcy and his relation Colonel Fitzwilliam, I was ignorant of the truth myself. And when I returned home the ----shire was to leave Meryton in a week ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Marriage and Class

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social expectations, personal happiness, class dynamics, romantic agency, societal absurdities  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Collins arrived on Tuesday, addressed to their father, and written with all the solemnity of gratitude which a twelve-month’s abode in the family migh...
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Pride and Prejudice / Interpersonal Tensions

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: honesty, social norms, conflict, resolution, emotional awareness  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Thoughtlessness, want of attention to other people’s feelings, and want of resolution, will do the business.” “And do you impute it to either of those...
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Pride and Prejudice / Wealth and Matrimony

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social status, marriage, wealth, desire, class  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Hierarchies

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: politeness, class, obligation, communication, gender dynamics  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Collins; and as they walked down the garden, he was commissioning her with his best respects to all her family, not forgetting his thanks for the kind...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Tension

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: unspoken emotions, societal expectations, personal desires, social hierarchy, unreciprocated admiration  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Collins’s offer was now nearly at an end, and Elizabeth had only to suffer from the uncomfortable feelings necessarily attending it, and occasionally ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Class and Perception

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social class, rural versus urban, character observation, pride and prejudice, societal dynamics  | Source: Project Gutenberg

They have at least that advantage.” “The country,” said Darcy, “can in general supply but few subjects for such a study. In a country neighbourhood yo...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Expectations

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: marriage, property, social hierarchy, gender roles, community  | Source: Project Gutenberg

However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the...
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Pride and Prejudice / Unexpressed Longing

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: sisterhood, desire, social dynamics, family, community  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Four sides of paper were insufficient to contain all her delight, and all her earnest desire of being loved by her sister. Collins, or any congratulat...
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Pride and Prejudice / Familial Tensions

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: disappointment, agency, marriage, authority, social norms  | Source: Project Gutenberg

I have not been in the habit of brooking disappointment.” “_That_ will make your Ladyship’s situation at present more pitiable; but it will have no ef...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Dynamics Revealed

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: miscommunication, social status, emotional restraint, gossip  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Darcy speaking to her.” “Ay, because she asked him at last how he liked Netherfield, and he could not help answering her; but she said he seemed very ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Emotional Transformation

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: prejudice, self-discovery, social class, inner conflict  | Source: Project Gutenberg

As for Elizabeth, her thoughts were at Pemberley this evening more than the last; and the evening, though as it passed it seemed long, was not long en...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Class Conflict

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: class struggle, family expectations, love versus duty  | Source: Project Gutenberg

It was the favourite wish of _his_ mother, as well as of hers. While in their cradles we planned the union; and now, at the moment when the wishes of ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Deceptive Charisma

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: deception, integrity, societal norms, female perception, moral complexity  | Source: Project Gutenberg

And we all know that Wickham has every charm of person and address that can captivate a woman.” “But you see that Jane,” said her aunt, “does not thin...
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Pride and Prejudice / Rejection of Opulence

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: materialism, nature vs. artifice, female agency, societal expectations  | Source: Project Gutenberg

She must own that she was tired of great houses: after going over so many, she really had no pleasure in fine carpets or satin curtains. “If it were m...
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Pride and Prejudice / Familial Influence

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: perception, deception, identity, gender roles, societal expectations  | Source: Project Gutenberg

I had not believed it possible.” “I suspected as much,” replied Elizabeth. “But how did he account for it?” “It must have been his sisters’ doing.
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Dilemmas

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: friendship, social expectation, personal conflict, autonomy, reputation  | Source: Project Gutenberg

The least agreeable circumstance in the business was the surprise it must occasion to Elizabeth Bennet, whose friendship she valued beyond that of any...
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Pride and Prejudice / Family Duties

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: choice vs obligation, social expectations, personal freedom  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Her answer, therefore, was not propitious, at least not to Elizabeth’s wishes, for she was impatient to get home. Bennet sent them word that they coul...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Games

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: age, social status, gender roles, vulnerability, propriety  | Source: Project Gutenberg

“You cannot be more than twenty, I am sure,--therefore you need not conceal your age.” “I am not one-and-twenty.” When the gentlemen had joined them, ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Wickhams Motivations

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: deception, social class, revenge, integrity, fortune  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Wickham’s chief object was unquestionably my sister’s fortune, which is thirty thousand pounds; but I cannot help supposing that the hope of revenging...
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Pride and Prejudice / Perception versus Reality

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: deception, social judgment, character analysis, intimacy, misunderstanding  | Source: Project Gutenberg

for I dare not hope,” he continued, in a lower and more serious tone, “that he is improved in essentials.” “Oh, no!” said Elizabeth. “In essentials, I...
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Pride and Prejudice / Idle Pursuits

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: gender roles, societal expectations, romance, military influence, leisure  | Source: Project Gutenberg

She has been allowed to dispose of her time in the most idle and frivolous manner, and to adopt any opinions that came in her way. Since the ----shire...
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Pride and Prejudice / Letter Arrival

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: communication, romance, social dynamics, character development  | Source: Project Gutenberg

back with them” [_Copyright 1894 by George Allen._]] Soon after their return, a letter was delivered to Miss Bennet; it came from Netherfield, and was...
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Pride and Prejudice / Character Reflection

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: introspection, knowledge, personal failure, isolation  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Bennet was not of a disposition to seek comfort for the disappointment which his own imprudence had brought on in any of those pleasures which too oft...
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Pride and Prejudice / Emotional Conflict

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: love, resentment, societal expectations, personal conflict, emotional vulnerability  | Source: Project Gutenberg

In spite of her deeply-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man’s affection, and though her intentions did not vary...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Dynamics Revealed

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: vulnerability, societal expectation, family tension, performance, derision  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Mary’s powers were by no means fitted for such a display; her voice was weak, and her manner affected. She looked at Jane to see how she bore it; but ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Marriage Aspirations

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social class, family dynamics, marriage, women's roles, economic security  | Source: Project Gutenberg

His being such a charming young man, and so rich, and living but three miles from them, were the first points of self-gratulation; and then it was suc...
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Pride and Prejudice / Marriage and Agency

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social status, individual agency, marriage, pride, societal expectations  | Source: Project Gutenberg

I do assure you that I am not one of those young ladies (if such young ladies there are) who are so daring as to risk their happiness on the chance of...
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Pride and Prejudice / Inheritance Dynamics

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: gender roles, class struggle, familial tension, societal expectations  | Source: Project Gutenberg

And so, I suppose, they often talk of having Longbourn when your father is dead. They look upon it quite as their own, I dare say, whenever that happe...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Tension

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: gender dynamics, social class, appearance vs reality  | Source: Project Gutenberg

Elizabeth had not before believed him quite equal to such assurance; but she sat down, resolving within herself to draw no limits in future to the imp...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Dynamics

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: female camaraderie, social expectations, joy vs. propriety  | Source: Project Gutenberg

“Oh, Mary,” said she, “I wish you had gone with us, for we had such fun! as we went along Kitty and me drew up all the blinds, and pretended there was...
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Pride and Prejudice / Character Flaws

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: obstinacy, social dynamics, pride, individualism, resolution  | Source: Project Gutenberg

It was not all settled before Monday: as soon as it was, the express was sent off to Longbourn. I fancy, Lizzy, that obstinacy is the real defect of h...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Dynamics

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: class distinction, social obligation, personal relationships  | Source: Project Gutenberg

I have scarcely any hesitation in saying that she will include you and my sister Maria in every invitation with which she honours us during your stay ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Sisterly Confessions

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: love, societal norms, personal growth, family bonds, emotional revelation  | Source: Project Gutenberg

I am afraid you will be angry.” “My dearest sister, now be, _be_ serious. Let me know everything that I am to know without delay. Will you tell me how...
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Pride and Prejudice / Contrasting Friendships

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: friendship, class dynamics, character contrast, societal expectations  | Source: Project Gutenberg

the principal rooms, satisfied with what the owner said in its praise, and took it immediately. Between him and Darcy there was a very steady friendsh...
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Pride and Prejudice / Gratitude and Justice

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: community, solitude, morality, nature, appreciation  | Source: Project Gutenberg

I thank you again and again, for not going to the Lakes. Perhaps other people have said so before, but no one with such justice.