Pride and Prejudice 3

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
54 of 262 pages
Classic Novel

Quote from the book: “But he is, beyond all comparison, the most agreeable man I ever saw (…)” This quote is important to the book, because it is very important that people are agreeable, and the Bennet sisters want to be as agreeable as possible. It is all about being “agreeable” and “accomplished” if you want to marry a good, rich, well-behaving husband, short: an agreeable one.

What happened until now: Jane Bennet and Mr. Bingley met for dinner several times already, and are both fond of each other. One day, Jane gets an invitation to visit him, but because her family needs the carriage, she has to use the horse, and catches a bad cold from the rain. Mr. Bingley, his sister, Mrs. and Mr. Hurst (who are his other sister and her husband I think), are happy to see her, even though she is sick, and tell her she is welcome to stay until she is healthy again. Jane gladly takes the offer, and Elizabeth comes to visit her. Elizabeth finds out that Mr. Bingley’s sisters are nice, but behind her back, they talk about her. Ms. Bingley is a bit jealous of the attention Elizabeth gets from Mr. Darcy, who is also staying at Mr. Bingley’s house, and so, grows to dislike her.            
Elizabeth doesn’t really enjoy her stay there, but she doesn’t want to leave the sick Jane alone, and she tries to make the best of it. Finally they leave to go back to Netherfield, and there a surprise waits for them: their cousin is coming to visit! The Bennet family is at first a bit suspicious about this sudden visit, but soon grows interested in other things. During a visit to the city, they meet Officer Mr. Denny and his friend Mr. Wickham, who is a rich man from London. Lydia (Elizabeth’s younger sister) is determined to invite Mr. Wickham to the next dinner, and he even comes, although he is not interested in Lydia, who soon stops being interested in him too, and rather participates in the lottery game.            
Elizabeth and Mr. Wickham start talking, and Elizabeth finds out some interesting things about Mr. Darcy, and his past with Mr. Wickham.

I still think this book is interesting and that there are not too many words that I don’t know, but it starts to get a bit confusing. New people emerge all the time, and it is hard to know who is who, and how they are related to the story sometimes.       
You notice that the story plays in another time, because of the way the people talk, but also how the author describes things. There are words that sound similar to “modern” words, but are spelled differently, for example “chuse” (choose), “neices” (nieces), and more.

Blog Question #3: I like the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, because she is different than the other girls at that time. She says what she thinks, even if it is not considered well behaving, without sounding stupid, and unlike her sisters, she is not so crazy about getting a husband and actually thinks about people, how they act and think. She is smarter than all of her sisters, and she doesn’t trust everyone without knowing them enough; it is harder to win her trust and understand her. Even though she might seem a little insensitive or cold to other people that don’t know her, she is actually really caring about people she likes, which you can see because she walks three miles in the dirt, just to visit her sister Jane. She reminds me a bit of Irina, because she is smart, and might seem very cool and not caring, but when you get to know her, she is actually an awesome friend and very caring. She also reminds me a bit of Tati and Miona, because she is also sarcastic :)