14 quotes — Marriage & Economics 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)
“A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing f…”
Mrs Bennet · Chapter 1
“If I can but see one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield, and all the…”
Mrs Bennet · Chapter 3
“You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves”
“I am sure I cried for two days together when Colonel Miller's regiment went away…”
Mrs Bennet · Chapter 7
“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a str…”
Mr Bennet · Chapter 20
“Your mother will never be easy till she has exposed herself in every town in Eng…”
Mr Bennet · Chapter 41
“My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it a right thing for every cler…”
Mr Collins · Chapter 19 (Proposal to Elizabeth)
“Your portion is unhappily so small that it will in all likelihood undo the effec…”
Mr Collins · Chapter 19
“Lady Catherine de Bourgh... has condescended to advise me to marry as soon as I …”
“He is just what a young man ought to be — sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I…”
Jane Bennet · Chapter 4
“I am certainly the most fortunate creature that ever existed!”
Jane Bennet · Chapter 55
“Oh! she is the most beautiful creature I ever beheld!”
Mr Bingley · Chapter 3 (Meryton Ball)