13 quotes — Appearance vs Reality with full 6-part analysis
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a goo…”
Narrator · Chapter 1, Opening Line
“In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You…”
Mr Darcy · Volume 2, Chapter 11 (First Proposal)
“You are mistaken, Mr Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration aff…”
Elizabeth · Volume 2, Chapter 11 (First Proposal Refusal)
“Till this moment I never knew myself”
Elizabeth · Volume 2, Chapter 13 (After Darcy's letter)
“My good opinion once lost is lost for ever”
Mr Darcy · Volume 1, Chapter 11
“She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me”
Mr Darcy · Chapter 3 (Meryton Ball)
“You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in y…”
Mr Collins · Chapter 48 (Letter about Lydia)
“Lady Catherine de Bourgh... has condescended to advise me to marry as soon as I …”
Mr Collins · Chapter 19
“She is a most charming young lady indeed. Lady Catherine herself says that in po…”
Lady Catherine (via Mr Collins) · Chapter 14
“Mr Darcy can please where he chooses. He does not want abilities. He can be a co…”
Wickham · Chapter 16 (First conversation with Elizabeth)
“A military life is not what I was intended for, but circumstances have now made …”
Wickham · Chapter 16
“Till I can forget his father, I can never defy or expose him”
“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle”
Wickham · Chapter 52 (via Lydia's account)