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Pride and Prejudice · Jane Austen · 1813

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Guide notes cover Chapters 1 to 3. Every chapter can be read in full.

  1. Chapter 1It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune…Guide notes
  2. Chapter 2Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always…Guide notes
  3. Chapter 3Not all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask…Guide notes
  4. Chapter 4When Jane and Elizabeth were alone, the former, who had been cautious in her praise of…
  5. Chapter 5Within a short walk of Longbourn lived a family with whom the Bennets were particularly…
  6. Chapter 6The ladies of Longbourn soon waited on those of Netherfield. The visit was returned in…
  7. Chapter 7Mr. Bennet’s property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two thousand a year,…
  8. Chapter 8At five o’clock the two ladies retired to dress, and at half-past six Elizabeth was…
  9. Chapter 9Elizabeth passed the chief of the night in her sister’s room, and in the morning had the…
  10. Chapter 10The day passed much as the day before had done. Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley had spent…
  11. Chapter 11When the ladies removed after dinner Elizabeth ran up to her sister, and seeing her well…
  12. Chapter 12In consequence of an agreement between the sisters, Elizabeth wrote the next morning to…
  13. Chapter 13“I hope, my dear,” said Mr. Bennet to his wife, as they were at breakfast the next…
  14. Chapter 14During dinner, Mr. Bennet scarcely spoke at all; but when the servants were withdrawn, he…
  15. Chapter 15Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little…
  16. Chapter 16As no objection was made to the young people’s engagement with their aunt, and all Mr.…
  17. Chapter 17Elizabeth related to Jane, the next day, what had passed between Mr. Wickham and herself.…
  18. Chapter 18Till Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield, and looked in vain for Mr.…
  19. Chapter 19The next day opened a new scene at Longbourn. Mr. Collins made his declaration in form.…
  20. Chapter 20Mr. Collins was not left long to the silent contemplation of his successful love; for…
  21. Chapter 21The discussion of Mr. Collins’s offer was now nearly at an end, and Elizabeth had only to…
  22. Chapter 22The Bennets were engaged to dine with the Lucases; and again, during the chief of the…
  23. Chapter 23Elizabeth was sitting with her mother and sisters, reflecting on what she had heard, and…
  24. Chapter 24Miss Bingley’s letter arrived, and put an end to doubt. The very first sentence conveyed…
  25. Chapter 25After a week spent in professions of love and schemes of felicity, Mr. Collins was called…
  26. Chapter 26Mrs. Gardiner’s caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on the first…
  27. Chapter 27With no greater events than these in the Longbourn family, and otherwise diversified by…
  28. Chapter 28Every object in the next day’s journey was new and interesting to Elizabeth; and her…
  29. Chapter 29Mr. Collins’s triumph, in consequence of this invitation, was complete. The power of…
  30. Chapter 30Sir William stayed only a week at Hunsford; but his visit was long enough to convince him…
  31. Chapter 31Colonel Fitzwilliam’s manners were very much admired at the Parsonage, and the ladies all…
  32. Chapter 32Elizabeth was sitting by herself the next morning, and writing to Jane, while Mrs.…
  33. Chapter 33More than once did Elizabeth, in her ramble within the park, unexpectedly meet Mr. Darcy.…
  34. Chapter 34When they were gone, Elizabeth, as if intending to exasperate herself as much as possible…
  35. Chapter 35Elizabeth awoke the next morning to the same thoughts and meditations which had at length…
  36. Chapter 36Elizabeth, when Mr. Darcy gave her the letter, did not expect it to contain a renewal of…
  37. Chapter 37The two gentlemen left Rosings the next morning; and Mr. Collins having been in waiting…
  38. Chapter 38On Saturday morning Elizabeth and Mr. Collins met for breakfast a few minutes before the…
  39. Chapter 39It was the second week in May, in which the three young ladies set out together from…
  40. Chapter 40Elizabeth’s impatience to acquaint Jane with what had happened could no longer be…
  41. Chapter 41The first week of their return was soon gone. The second began. It was the last of the…
  42. Chapter 42Had Elizabeth’s opinion been all drawn from her own family, she could not have formed a…
  43. Chapter 43Elizabeth, as they drove along, watched for the first appearance of Pemberley Woods with…
  44. Chapter 44Elizabeth had settled it that Mr. Darcy would bring his sister to visit her the very day…
  45. Chapter 45Convinced as Elizabeth now was that Miss Bingley’s dislike of her had originated in…
  46. Chapter 46Elizabeth had been a good deal disappointed in not finding a letter from Jane on their…
  47. Chapter 47“I have been thinking it over again, Elizabeth,” said her uncle, as they drove from the…
  48. Chapter 48The whole party were in hopes of a letter from Mr. Bennet the next morning, but the post…
  49. Chapter 49Two days after Mr. Bennet’s return, as Jane and Elizabeth were walking together in the…
  50. Chapter 50Mr. Bennet had very often wished, before this period of his life, that, instead of…
  51. Chapter 51Their sister’s wedding-day arrived; and Jane and Elizabeth felt for her probably more…
  52. Chapter 52Elizabeth had the satisfaction of receiving an answer to her letter as soon as she…
  53. Chapter 53Mr. Wickham was so perfectly satisfied with this conversation, that he never again…
  54. Chapter 54As soon as they were gone, Elizabeth walked out to recover her spirits; or, in other…
  55. Chapter 55A few days after this visit, Mr. Bingley called again, and alone. His friend had left him…
  56. Chapter 56One morning, about a week after Bingley’s engagement with Jane had been formed, as he and…
  57. Chapter 57The discomposure of spirits which this extraordinary visit threw Elizabeth into could not…
  58. Chapter 58Instead of receiving any such letter of excuse from his friend, as Elizabeth half…
  59. Chapter 59“My dear Lizzy, where can you have been walking to?” was a question which Elizabeth…
  60. Chapter 60Elizabeth’s spirits soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for…
  61. Chapter 61Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two…