Pride and Prejudice

Chapter-5 The next evening Jane was well enough to leave her room for a couple of hours. Elizabeth brought her down to the drawing room, where she was welcomed warmly by her two friends. Elizabeth had never seen them so agreeable as during the hour before the gentlemen came. But when the gentlemen entered Jane […]

Chapter-4 The two youngest daughters of the family, Kitty and Lydia, were very busy at this time. Every day they walked to Meryton, a mile away, to visit their mother’s sister, Mrs. Philips, who was married to a lawyer in that town. Every night they were full of news. A regiment had recently arrived in

Chapter-3 Near Longbourn lived a family with whom the Bennets were very friendly. Sir William Lucas had once had a shop in Meryton, where he had made a small fortune. He had been made a knight when he was mayor of the town. The honour had made him too proud to continue with his shop.

Chapter-2 Soon afterwards an invitation to dinner was sent to Mr. Bingley. But a disappointing answer came back. Mr. Bingley had to go to London the next day and was therefore unable to accept their invitation. He had only gone to London, however, to get a party of friends together for the ball. Soon they

Chapter-1 Everyone knows that a single man with a large fortune needs a wife.As soon as such a man enters a neighbourhood, therefore, he is at once considered as the future husband of one of his neighbours’ daughters. “My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his wife to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park