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Annotation:
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a sin…
Category:
Writing & Reading
| Type:
Discussion
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
For students, teachers, scholars, and the inquisitive general reader: To employ the full capacity of…
Annotation:
property
Category:
Custom & Law
| Type:
Glossary Word
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
The word will resonate throughout the novel. There are essentially two kinds of property, real (in t…
Annotation:
My dear Mr. Bennet,
Category:
Manners & Morals
| Type:
Historical
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
Husbands and wives often addressed one another as Mr. and Mrs., here softened by "my dear." They rar…
Annotation:
Netherfield Park
Category:
Places
| Type:
Historical
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
The designation "park" indicated a substantial estate, the "park" portion of which was enclosed by a…
Annotation:
cried his wife impatiently
Category:
Writing & Reading
| Type:
Historical
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
Mrs. Bennet, full of urgent news, has to contend with a husband whose silences and ironies drive her…
Annotation:
came down
Category:
Transportation
| Type:
Historical
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
Not from the north of England but from London, which is always "up" and the rest of Britain, includi…
Annotation:
a chaise and four
Category:
Transportation
| Type:
Historical
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
A chaise and four bespeaks money, beginning with the four horses. "Chaise" can apply to a variety of…
Annotation:
Michaelmas
Category:
Daily Life
| Type:
Historical
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
September 29, one of the year's quarter days. The others are Christmas, Lady Day (March 24), and Mid…
Annotation:
four or five thousand a year
Category:
Money
| Type:
Historical
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
To convert £ in 1815 into 2010 $ is sketchy but multiplying by about 90 will give an approximation. …
Annotation:
handsome
Category:
Love & Marriage
| Type:
Glossary Word
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
Austen commonly uses "handsome" to describe women, and "pretty" can apply to either sex. Sex will no…
Annotation:
beauty to think of
Category:
Writing & Reading
| Type:
Discussion
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
We can hear in this and other witty repartee the comedy of manners of playwrights such as Richard Br…
Annotation:
Sir William and Lady Lucas
Category:
Custom & Law
| Type:
Historical
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
The "Sir" as opposed to "Lord" indicates that Sir William is a baronet or knight, and in this case i…
Annotation:
if you do not
Type:
Discussion
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
They would appear just what they are, a reconnaissance party.
Annotation:
all silly and ignorant
Type:
Discussion
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
The tart Mr. Bennet, surrounded by six women, has retreated over the years ever deeper into his stud…
Annotation:
nerves
Category:
Body
| Type:
Glossary Word
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park, Mrs. Churchill and above all Mr. Woodhouse in Emma become hypochondr…
Annotation:
quick parts
Category:
Mind
| Type:
Glossary Word
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
Wit and intelligence. He describes Lizzy as having "something more of quickness than her sisters." T…
Annotation:
less difficult to develop
Type:
Glossary Word
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
Unfold; unwrap.
Annotation:
mean understanding
Category:
Writing & Reading
| Type:
Discussion
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
Paltry, limited. Mrs. Bennet's intellectual, social, and moral life is reducible to three activities…
Annotation:
The business of her life was to get her daughters …
Category:
Love & Marriage
| Type:
Historical
| Title:
Pride and Prejudice
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
Having five unmarried daughters and a husband possessed of little besides irony and the inadequate s…
