Chapter-4 It had been four years since I started working with Joe. One Saturday evening, Joe and I were at the inn. A strange gentleman came in. This gentleman did not know me. But at the very first glance, I recognized him. He was the same tall, dark gentleman whom I met on the stairs […]
Chapter-3 As I was growing, working at Miss Havisham’s place, my perspective, and more so the perspective of Miss Havisham, was changing. We were more into talking with each other. We discussed all sorts of things—my house, friends, studies and schooling. But the things were always limited to talking. She did not help me with
Chapter-2 I had always idolized Joe, and wished to be a blacksmith and work at the forge. During the daytime, I worked with Joe. In the evening I went to school run by an old lady. All the time I studied, she used to sleep and her niece Biddy used to teach me. She was
Chapter-1 My name is Philip, but I call myself Pip. Actually, my father’s name was Pirrip, and I always found difficulty in pronouncing both the names. All others, we knew, also got confused usually. So, Pip was easier for both me and the others.I used to live with my sister and her husband. I lost
Chapter-20 One morning, about a week after Bingley’s engagement to Jane, they were all sitting in the dining room when a carriage drove up to the door. Mrs. Bennet, Elizabeth and Kitty were wondering who their visitor could be when the door was thrown open and she entered. It was Lady Catherine de Bourgh.Elizabeth was
Chapter-19 The day of Mr. Wickham’s and Lydia’s departure soon came.“Oh, my dear Lydia,” cried Mrs. Bennet, “when shall we meet again?”“Oh Lord, I don’t know. Not for two or three years, perhaps.”“Write to me very often, my dear.”“As often as I can. But you know married women have never much time for writing. My
Chapter-18 Their sister’s wedding day arrived. The carriage was sent for Lydia and Wickham and they were to return in it by dinner time. Their arrival was dreaded by the elder Miss Bennets, especially by Jane, who was wretched at the thought of what Lydia must be feeling.They came. The family was in the breakfast
Chapter-17 Two days after Mr. Bennet’s return, as Jane and Elizabeth were walking in the garden, they heard that an express letter had come for their father from Mr. Gardiner. Away ran the girls to find their father. He was nowhere in the house, but at last they saw him walking away towards a small
Chapter-16 They travelled as quickly as possible, sleeping one night on the way, and reached Longbourn by dinner-time the next day. The little Gardiners, attracted by the sight of a carriage, were standing on the steps of the house as they entered the garden. When the carriage drove up to the door the joyful surprise
Chapter-15 The next morning Mrs. Gardiner and her niece decided that they ought to imitate Miss Darcy’s courtesy in coming to see them on the day of her arrival at Pemberley. Therefore it was agreed that they would visit her at once, while Mr. Gardiner was fishing with some of the gentlemen from Pemberley. On
Chapter-14 When all the house had been seen, they returned downstairs and were given into the care of the gardener who met them at the hall door.As they walked across the lawn towards the river, Elizabeth turned back to look again. Her uncle and aunt stopped too and, while the former was wondering how old
Chapter-13 The first week of their return had soon gone. The second began. It was the last week of the regiment’s stay in Meryton before they left for camp in Brighton. All the young ladies in the neighborhood were in misery. The elder Miss Bennets were the only ones still able to eat, drink, sleep
Chapter-12 Elizabeth’s feelings as she read could hardly be described. At first she was amazed that he believed it was possible to make any apology. With a strong prejudice against anything he might say, she began his account of what happened at Netherfield. His statement of his real objections to the marriage made her too
Chapter-11 When the others had gone, Elizabeth, as if wishing to increase her dislike of Mr. Darcy as much as possible, read all the letters which Jane had written. They contained no complaint, but in all of them there was a note of sadness, very unlike Jane’s usual cheerfulness. Mr. Darcy’s shameful boast that he
Chapter-10 The entertainment of dining at Rosings was repeated twice a week. Every evening was exactly like the first.They had a few other entertainments, but Elizabeth enjoyed her conversations with Charlotte and the pleasant walks in the neighbourhood.Before Easter there was an addition to the family at Rosings. Mr. Darcy was expected to spend the