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Like. "There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome." "And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them.". ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice.
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Unlock with LitCharts A +. Chapter 36 Quotes. I, who have prided myself on my discernment!—I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained the generous candour of my sister, and gratified my vanity in useless or blameable mistrust.—How humiliating is this discovery!—Yet, how just a humiliation! ...
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. This is the first sentence of Pride and Prejudice and stands as one of the most famous first lines in literature. Even as it briskly introduces the arrival of Mr. Bingley at Netherfield—the event that sets the novel in motion ...
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When Mr. Bennet reveals to Mrs. Bennet and his daughters that he has made their new neighbor's acquaintance, they are overjoyed. Mr. Bingley, his two sisters, his brother-in-law, and a friend named Darcy attend a ball that the Bennet sisters also attend with their mother. The eldest daughter, Jane, dances with Bingley, but when Bingley ...
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Pride and Prejudice was first adapted for movies in a 1940 production starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. It was again filmed in 1995, as a mini-series for A&E Television, featuring Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet and Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy. The most recent production stars Keira Knightley as Elizabeth and was filmed in 2005.
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Matters of the Heart. "You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.". "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.". "Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of both were overspread with the deepest blush.". "She was convinced that she could have been ...
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