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1,072 | 42671_volume_1,_chapter_18 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is not until Elizabeth is at the ball that she realizes that Wickham may not attend because of Darcy. Indeed he is not there, and Mr. Denny says that he had to go to town on business. The first two dances were "dances of mortification," as Collins was "awkward and solemn, apologizing instead of attending, and often ... | [
"Till Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield and looked in\nvain for Mr. Wickham among the cluster of red coats there assembled, a\ndoubt of his being present had never occurred to her. The certainty of\nmeeting him had not been checked by any of those recollections that\nmight not unreasonably have alar... |
1,073 | 42671_volume_1,_chapter_19 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next day Mr. Collins finds Mrs. Bennet, Kitty and Elizabeth in the drawing room, and asks for some time alone with Elizabeth. Elizabeth anxiously asks the others not to leave, knowing what is coming, but then decides it is better to get it over with. After Collins gives Elizabeth his reasons for wanting to marry, i... | [
"The next day opened a new scene at Longbourn. Mr. Collins made his\ndeclaration in form. Having resolved to do it without loss of time, as\nhis leave of absence extended only to the following Saturday, and having\nno feelings of diffidence to make it distressing to himself even at the\nmoment, he set about it in a... |
1,074 | 42671_volume_1,_chapter_20 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Collins tells Mrs. Bennet that he is not concerned about Elizabeth's refusal, but Mrs. Bennet is. She calls on Mr. Bennet to speak to Elizabeth and talk her into marrying Collins. When Mrs. Bennet tells Elizabeth that she will never see her again if she refuses Mr. Collins, Mr. Bennet says that he will never see her ag... | [
"Mr. Collins was not left long to the silent contemplation of his\nsuccessful love; for Mrs. Bennet, having dawdled about in the vestibule\nto watch for the end of the conference, no sooner saw Elizabeth open the\ndoor and with quick step pass her towards the staircase, than she\nentered the breakfast-room, and con... |
1,075 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_24 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Jane receives another letter from Miss Bingley, stating that they will indeed stay in London all winter. Mrs. Bennet continues to speak of Bingley, and Jane confides to Elizabeth how much pain it brings her. Elizabeth continues to speak against the marriage of Charlotte and Collins to Jane, and continues to insist that... | [
"Miss Bingley's letter arrived, and put an end to doubt. The very first\nsentence conveyed the assurance of their being all settled in London for\nthe winter, and concluded with her brother's regret at not having had\ntime to pay his respects to his friends in Hertfordshire before he left\nthe country.",
"Hope wa... |
1,076 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_25 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mr. Collins returns to his parish, and soon Mrs. Bennet's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner arrive for the Christmas holidays. Mrs. Gardiner is close to Elizabeth and Jane, and when she learns of all that has happened with Jane and Bingley, she invites Jane to stay with them in London for a while | [
"After a week spent in professions of love and schemes of felicity, Mr.\nCollins was called from his amiable Charlotte by the arrival of\nSaturday. The pain of separation, however, might be alleviated on his\nside, by preparations for the reception of his bride, as he had reason\nto hope, that shortly after his nex... |
1,077 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_26 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mrs. Gardiner warns Elizabeth to be on her guard around Wickham, encouraging her not to let her fancy run away with her and not to disappoint her father. Mr. Collins returns to Longbourn, and he and Charlotte are married and return to Kent, after Charlotte asks Elizabeth to come and see her. Jane has now been in London... | [
"Mrs. Gardiner's caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on\nthe first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone; after\nhonestly telling her what she thought, she thus went on:",
"\"You are too sensible a girl, Lizzy, to fall in love merely because you\nare warned against it; and, therefore, I... |
1,078 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_27 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | January and February pass with no great events, and in March Elizabeth prepares to visit Charlotte with Sir William and Maria, his other daughter. They spend a night in London on the way, so Elizabeth is able to visit Jane and Mrs. Gardiner. Elizabeth finds Jane healthful, but Mrs. Gardiner says that Jane has periods o... | [
"With no greater events than these in the Longbourn family, and otherwise\ndiversified by little beyond the walks to Meryton, sometimes dirty and\nsometimes cold, did January and February pass away. March was to take\nElizabeth to Hunsford. She had not at first thought very seriously of\ngoing thither; but Charlott... |
1,079 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_28 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth, Sir William and Maria arrive at the Parsonage, and Collins and Charlotte greet them and show them around the grounds. Collins shows everything to Elizabeth as if he is showing her what she is missing for having refused him. They are all asked to dine at Rosings with Lady Catherine the next day | [
"Every object in the next day's journey was new and interesting to\nElizabeth; and her spirits were in a state for enjoyment; for she had\nseen her sister looking so well as to banish all fear for her health,\nand the prospect of her northern tour was a constant source of delight.",
"When they left the high road ... |
1,080 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_29 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next day Collins talks about on how lucky they all are that they were invited to dine so soon after arriving. They walk to Lady Catherine's, and Sir William and Maria are quite nervous. Mr. Collins admires and compliments everything, and Lady Catherine is gratified by the admiration. After dinner Lady Catherine ask... | [
"Mr. Collins's triumph in consequence of this invitation was complete.\nThe power of displaying the grandeur of his patroness to his wondering\nvisitors, and of letting them see her civility towards himself and his\nwife, was exactly what he had wished for; and that an opportunity of\ndoing it should be given so so... |
1,081 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_30 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Sir William returns home when he sees that his daughter is comfortably settled with her husband. Now and then Lady Catherine comes to visit and advise Charlotte on how to do things differently at her house. The party dines at Rosings about twice a week, and a few weeks later Darcy comes to visit. He brings with him his... | [
"Sir William staid only a week at Hunsford; but his visit was long enough\nto convince him of his daughter's being most comfortably settled, and of\nher possessing such a husband and such a neighbour as were not often met\nwith. While Sir William was with them, Mr. Collins devoted his mornings\nto driving him out i... |
1,082 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_31 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Since the arrival of Darcy and Fitzwilliam, the party at the parish had been little invited to Rosings. When they are finally invited, Lady Catherine makes it "plain that their company was by no means so acceptable as when she could get nobody else. During this visit, Darcy is curious to see how well Elizabeth and Fitz... | [
"Colonel Fitzwilliam's manners were very much admired at the parsonage,\nand the ladies all felt that he must add considerably to the pleasure of\ntheir engagements at Rosings. It was some days, however, before they\nreceived any invitation thither, for while there were visitors in the\nhouse, they could not be nec... |
1,083 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_32 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next morning Elizabeth is sitting by herself and is surprised by a visit from Darcy, who explains that he did not know she was alone. In their embarrassed state, Elizabeth asks Darcy if Mr. Bingley is planning on ever returning to Netherfield, and Darcy says that he would not be surprised if Bingley gave up the hou... | [
"Elizabeth was sitting by herself the next morning, and writing to Jane,\nwhile Mrs. Collins and Maria were gone on business into the village,\nwhen she was startled by a ring at the door, the certain signal of a\nvisitor. As she had heard no carriage, she thought it not unlikely to be\nLady Catherine, and under th... |
1,084 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_33 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | More than once Elizabeth has unexpectedly met Mr. Darcy in the park. She has told him that she often walks there, so she does not understand why he continues to go there. While she is walking this time though, she meets Colonel Fitzwilliam. They begin to walk and converse, and when the subject of Miss Darcy arises, Fit... | [
"More than once did Elizabeth in her ramble within the Park, unexpectedly meet Mr. Darcy.--She felt all the perverseness of the mischance that should bring him where no one else was brought; and to prevent its ever happening again, took care to inform him at first, that it was a favourite haunt of hers.--How it cou... |
1,085 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_34 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth is surprised by a visit from Darcy while the others are at Lady Catherine's. Darcy shocks Elizabeth by telling her that he admires and loves her and wishes her to marry him. He speaks of how he has tried to fight his love for her because of her and her family's inferiority, and Elizabeth can see that he has n... | [
"When they were gone, Elizabeth, as if intending to exasperate herself as\nmuch as possible against Mr. Darcy, chose for her employment the\nexamination of all the letters which Jane had written to her since her\nbeing in Kent. They contained no actual complaint, nor was there any\nrevival of past occurrences, or a... |
1,086 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_35 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next day Elizabeth cannot think of anything else but what had happened the night before. She decides to take a walk, and when she hears Darcy calling her, she tries to avoid him. When he catches up to her, he gives her a letter, asking her to read it. The letter starts by saying that Elizabeth need not worry about ... | [
"Elizabeth awoke the next morning to the same thoughts and meditations\nwhich had at length closed her eyes. She could not yet recover from the\nsurprise of what had happened; it was impossible to think of any thing\nelse, and totally indisposed for employment, she resolved soon after\nbreakfast to indulge herself ... |
1,087 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_36 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth reads through Darcy's letter with a mixture of emotions. When she first reads Darcy's explanation of his conduct with Bingley and Jane, she dismisses his explanation of his concern about Jane's indifference as false, and believes he acted solely because of her family. However, when she begins reading his expl... | [
"If Elizabeth, when Mr. Darcy gave her the letter, did not expect it to\ncontain a renewal of his offers, she had formed no expectation at all of\nits contents. But such as they were, it may be well supposed how eagerly\nshe went through them, and what a contrariety of emotion they excited. Her feelings as she read... |
1,088 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_37 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Darcy and Fitzwilliam leave Rosings the next morning, and Lady Catherine invites the parish party over to dine with her. Lady Catherine tries to talk Elizabeth into staying another month, but Elizabeth is determined to soon return home as planned. During the last week of Elizabeth and Maria's visit, they frequently are... | [
"The two gentlemen left Rosings the next morning; and Mr. Collins having\nbeen in waiting near the lodges, to make them his parting obeisance, was\nable to bring home the pleasing intelligence, of their appearing in very\ngood health, and in as tolerable spirits as could be expected, after the\nmelancholy scene so ... |
1,089 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_38 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On Saturday before she leaves, Elizabeth is alone with Collins for a while, giving him the opportunity to thank her for coming, to say again how lucky they are that Lady Catherine invites them over so often, and to stress how happy he and Charlotte are. Maria and Elizabeth leave on the chaise, and in four hours are at ... | [
"On Saturday morning Elizabeth and Mr. Collins met for breakfast a few\nminutes before the others appeared; and he took the opportunity of\npaying the parting civilities which he deemed indispensably necessary.",
"\"I know not, Miss Elizabeth,\" said he, \"whether Mrs. Collins has yet\nexpressed her sense of your... |
1,090 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_39 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is the second week in May when Elizabeth, Jane and Maria meet up with Catherine and Lydia on the way to Longbourn. Lydia tells them that the regiment will soon be leaving Meryton, and will be stationed near Brighton. Lydia tells the sisters that she is trying to talk their father into taking them there over the summ... | [
"It was the second week in May, in which the three young ladies set out\ntogether from Gracechurch-street, for the town of ---- in Hertfordshire;\nand, as they drew near the appointed inn where Mr. Bennet's carriage was\nto meet them, they quickly perceived, in token of the coachman's\npunctuality, both Kitty and L... |
1,091 | 42671_volume_2,_chapter_40 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth can no longer wait to tell Jane of what had happened with Darcy, so she concludes to suppress any part of the story that concerns her. Jane is all astonishment, and feels sorry for the sadness that Elizabeth's refusal must have given Darcy. Elizabeth then relates the parts of the letter that refer to Wickham,... | [
"Elizabeth's impatience to acquaint Jane with what had happened could no\nlonger be overcome; and at length resolving to suppress every particular\nin which her sister was concerned, and preparing her to be surprised,\nshe related to her the next morning the chief of the scene between Mr.\nDarcy and herself.",
"M... |
1,092 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_43 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When Elizabeth first sees Pemberley Woods, "her spirits in a high flutter. She admires the woods and buildings, and thinks with admiration "that to be mistress of Pemberley might be something. The party meets the housekeeper, Mrs. Reynolds, and she has nothing but pleasant things to say about Darcy, to the surprise of ... | [
"Elizabeth, as they drove along, watched for the first appearance of\nPemberley Woods with some perturbation; and when at length they turned\nin at the lodge, her spirits were in a high flutter.",
"The park was very large, and contained great variety of ground. They\nentered it in one of its lowest points, and dr... |
1,093 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_44 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth believes that Darcy will bring his sister to meet her the day after Miss Darcy arrives home, but in fact they show up the day she returns. Elizabeth finds Miss Darcy shy, but not excessively proud. Bingley also joins the party, as he and his sisters are also visiting Pemberley. Elizabeth hopes to find out abo... | [
"Elizabeth had settled it that Mr. Darcy would bring his sister to visit\nher, the very day after her reaching Pemberley; and was consequently\nresolved not to be out of sight of the inn the whole of that morning. But her conclusion was false; for on the very morning after their own\narrival at Lambton, these visit... |
1,094 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_45 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth is now convinced that Miss Bingley did not like her purely out of jealousy of Darcy's attentions to her, and she is sure her appearance at Pemberley will not be welcome to Miss Bingley. In fact, Miss Bingley watches Elizabeth closely during their visit to Pemberley, while neither she nor Miss Darcy speak much... | [
"Convinced as Elizabeth now was that Miss Bingley's dislike of her had\noriginated in jealousy, she could not help feeling how very unwelcome\nher appearance at Pemberley must be to her, and was curious to know with\nhow much civility on that lady's side, the acquaintance would now be\nrenewed.",
"On reaching the... |
1,095 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_46 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When Elizabeth and Mrs. Gardiner arrive back at the hotel, there are two letters from Jane, one that had been missent earlier. The Gardiner's go for a walk and leave Elizabeth to enjoy the news from her sister. The first letter brings bad news about Lydia. Colonel Forster had informed the family that his wife had a not... | [
"Elizabeth had been a good deal disappointed in not finding a letter from\nJane, on their first arrival at Lambton; and this disappointment had\nbeen renewed on each of the mornings that had now been spent there; but\non the third, her repining was over, and her sister justified by the\nreceipt of two letters from ... |
1,096 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_47 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Their journey back to Longbourn is spent for the most part wondering if Wickham means to marry Lydia or not, and Mr. Gardiner tries to keep them positive. They soon arrive at Longbourn, and find out that there has been no new news from Mr. Bennet. Mrs. Bennet has taken ill, and Jane has been attending her. Elizabeth an... | [
"\"I have been thinking it over again, Elizabeth,\" said her uncle, as they\ndrove from the town; \"and really, upon serious consideration, I am much\nmore inclined than I was to judge as your eldest sister does of the\nmatter. It appears to me so very unlikely, that any young man should\nform such a design against... |
1,097 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_48 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next morning Mr. Gardiner starts off for London when no letter from Mr. Bennet arrives. Mrs. Gardiner and the children decide to stay in Longbourn for a few days to try to help, and on Tuesday she receives a letter from her husband saying that he and Mr. Bennet are searching the hotels in town for Lydia and Wickham... | [
"The whole party were in hopes of a letter from Mr. Bennet the next\nmorning, but the post came in without bringing a single line from him.\nHis family knew him to be on all common occasions, a most negligent and\ndilatory correspondent, but at such a time, they had hoped for exertion.\nThey were forced to conclude... |
1,098 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_49 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two days after Mr. Bennet returns, a letter comes from Mr. Gardiner saying that he has found Lydia and Wickham. They are not married, and there was no intention of being married. He states that Wickham will marry Lydia for an equal share of the five thousand pounds due the Bennet daughters after the death of Mr. and Mr... | [
"Two days after Mr. Bennet's return, as Jane and Elizabeth were walking\ntogether in the shrubbery behind the house, they saw the housekeeper\ncoming towards them, and, concluding that she came to call them to their\nmother, went forward to meet her; but, instead of the expected summons,\nwhen they approached her, ... |
1,099 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_50 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mr. Bennet is sorry that he did not save more during his lifetime to provide for his daughters. He and Mrs. Bennet had always assumed that they would have a son and that their property would not be entailed away. However, Bennet is determined to find out how much money his brother-in-law put forward to help Lydia and p... | [
"Mr. Bennet had very often wished, before this period of his life, that,\ninstead of spending his whole income, he had laid by an annual sum, for\nthe better provision of his children, and of his wife, if she survived\nhim. He now wished it more than ever. Had he done his duty in that\nrespect, Lydia need not have ... |
1,100 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_51 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After they are married, Lydia and Wickham come to Longbourn and are met with rapture by Mrs. Bennet. Mr. Bennet is not quite so cordial, and Elizabeth and Jane are surprised by Lydia's lack of embarrassment. Lydia goes on and on about how happy she is and what a wonderful marriage she has made, until Elizabeth can take... | [
"Their sister's wedding day arrived; and Jane and Elizabeth felt for her\nprobably more than she felt for herself. The carriage was sent to meet\nthem at ----, and they were to return in it, by dinner-time. Their\narrival was dreaded by the elder Miss Bennets; and Jane more especially,\nwho gave Lydia the feelings ... |
1,101 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_52 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth receives a prompt reply from her aunt, from which she learns that Mr. Darcy had gone to London, found Lydia and Wickham, and reported to her uncle as soon as her father had left the city. Her aunt also tells her that it is Darcy who has paid for Wickham to marry Lydia, but that he had wanted Mr. Gardiner to t... | [
"Elizabeth had the satisfaction of receiving an answer to her letter, as\nsoon as she possibly could. She was no sooner in possession of it, than\nhurrying into the little copse, where she was least likely to be\ninterrupted, she sat down on one of the benches, and prepared to be\nhappy; for the length of the lette... |
1,102 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_53 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lydia and Wickham leave Longbourn for the North, and Mrs. Bennet finds out that Bingley is intending to visit Netherfield for a few weeks. Jane is concerned that everyone will be talking about her and Bingley, and she is determined to show them that she can be friends with him. Mrs. Bennet, paralleling the beginning of... | [
"Mr. Wickham was so perfectly satisfied with this conversation, that he\nnever again distressed himself, or provoked his dear sister Elizabeth,\nby introducing the subject of it; and she was pleased to find that she\nhad said enough to keep him quiet.",
"The day of his and Lydia's departure soon came, and Mrs. Be... |
1,103 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_54 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Darcy and Bingley come to dinner on Tuesday, and Jane is determined that she and Bingley be seen as "indifferent acquaintances," as she does not want to gain any hopes from his coming. Mrs. Bennet however, had renewed all of her hopes for marrying Jane to him. Elizabeth notes that Bingley sits by Jane at dinner and sho... | [
"As soon as they were gone, Elizabeth walked out to recover her spirits;\nor in other words, to dwell without interruption on those subjects that\nmust deaden them more. Mr. Darcy's behaviour astonished and vexed her.",
"\"Why, if he came only to be silent, grave, and indifferent,\" said she,\n\"did he come at al... |
1,104 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_55 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A few days later Bingley calls again, this time alone, as Darcy has had to return to London for a few days. When he comes to dinner Mrs. Bennet does all she can to try to get Bingley and Jane alone together, and both Jane and Elizabeth are embarrassed by her obvious attempts. On his second visit, Mrs. Bennet succeeds, ... | [
"A few days after this visit, Mr. Bingley called again, and alone. His\nfriend had left him that morning for London, but was to return home in\nten days time. He sat with them above an hour, and was in remarkably\ngood spirits. Mrs. Bennet invited him to dine with them; but, with many\nexpressions of concern, he co... |
1,105 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_56 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | About a week after Jane and Bingley's engagement, Lady Catherine makes a surprise visit to Longbourn. She asks Elizabeth to take a walk with her, and proceeds to tell her that she is alarmed by the rumors that she is to marry her nephew Darcy. She insists on having the rumor contradicted, as she does not approve of the... | [
"One morning, about a week after Bingley's engagement with Jane had been\nformed, as he and the females of the family were sitting together in the\ndining-room, their attention was suddenly drawn to the window, by the\nsound of a carriage; and they perceived a chaise and four driving up the\nlawn. It was too early ... |
1,106 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_57 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When Lady Catherine is gone, Elizabeth thinks on the visit and wonders how such a rumor got started, concluding that people must have heard of the wedding of Bingley and Jane and desired another wedding between his friend and her sister. She worries that Lady Catherine will indeed continue to make sure the match does n... | [
"The discomposure of spirits, which this extraordinary visit threw\nElizabeth into, could not be easily overcome; nor could she for many\nhours, learn to think of it less than incessantly. Lady Catherine it\nappeared, had actually taken the trouble of this journey from Rosings,\nfor the sole purpose of breaking off... |
1,107 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_58 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Soon Darcy returns from London, and he and Bingley visit. Jane, Elizabeth, Bingley, Darcy and Kitty go for a walk, but Elizabeth and Darcy are left alone when Jane and Bingley walk off and Kitty leaves to call on Maria. Elizabeth tells Darcy that she knows of the help that Darcy gave to Lydia, and says that she is quit... | [
"Instead of receiving any such letter of excuse from his friend, as\nElizabeth half expected Mr. Bingley to do, he was able to bring Darcy\nwith him to Longbourn before many days had passed after Lady Catherine's\nvisit. The gentlemen arrived early; and, before Mrs. Bennet had time to\ntell him of their having seen... |
1,108 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_59 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth and Darcy lose track of time with their walking and talking, but although the family notices their absence, they think nothing of it, as they do not believe anything could happen between the two. Later in the evening Elizabeth tells Jane of what occurred between she and Darcy, and Jane is incredulous. It take... | [
"\"My dear Lizzy, where can you have been walking to?\" was a question\nwhich Elizabeth received from Jane as soon as she entered the room, and\nfrom all the others when they sat down to table. She had only to say in\nreply, that they had wandered about, till she was beyond her own\nknowledge. She coloured as she s... |
1,109 | 42671_volume_3,_chapter_60 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth asks Darcy if he only loves her because of her impertinence to him, and he states that it was the liveliness of her mind. She asks why he was so quiet on the first days of his visit to Longbourn, and he states that he was embarrassed, but that he had to come to see if she had perhaps changed her mind about hi... | [
"Elizabeth's spirits soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr.\nDarcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her. \"How could\nyou begin?\" said she. \"I can comprehend your going on charmingly, when\nyou had once made a beginning; but what could set you off in the first\nplace?\"",
"\"I cannot... |
1,110 | 42671_chapter_61 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mrs. Bennet is happy on the day that she marries off two of her daughters, and talks much of Mrs. Bingley and Mrs. Darcy. Mr. Bennet misses Elizabeth at home, so he often visits Pemberley. Bingley and Jane remain at Netherfield a short time, but then buy an estate within thirty miles of Pemberley. Kitty spends much tim... | [
"Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got\nrid of her two most deserving daughters. With what delighted pride she\nafterwards visited Mrs. Bingley and talked of Mrs. Darcy may be guessed.\nI wish I could say, for the sake of her family, that the accomplishment\nof her earnest desire ... |
1,056 | 42671_chapter_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The novel opens with an ironic statement about marriage, which is the axis around which the world of Longbourn turns: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife". Presently everyone in Longbourn, Hertfordshire, is excited about the fact that Mr. B... | [
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession\nof a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.",
"However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his\nfirst entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds\nof the surrounding families, that he is consi... |
1,057 | 42671_chapter_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mr. Bennet is one of the first callers on Mr. Bingley, and he withholds this information merely to vex his wife. Still in the dark about her husbands visit, Mrs. Bennet seems ludicrously desperate to have her husband call on the new neighbor, and her husbands incessant talk about Mr. Bingley seems to rub salt over her ... | [
"Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He\nhad always intended to visit him, though to the last always assuring his\nwife that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was\npaid, she had no knowledge of it. It was then disclosed in the following\nmanner. Observing his s... |
1,040 | 42671_chapter_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mrs. Bennet and her daughters try hard to gain a satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley from Mr. Bennet, but they fail. Fortunately, Lady Lucas supplies them with a description, which is a very promising one. Mr. Bingley returns Mr. Bennets visit and is entertained in the library. He is a bit disappointed because he d... | [
"Not all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five\ndaughters, could ask on the subject was sufficient to draw from her\nhusband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley. They attacked him\nin various ways; with barefaced questions, ingenious suppositions, and\ndistant surmises; but he eluded th... |
1,058 | 42671_chapter_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth and Jane, the eldest two Bennet daughters, discuss the events that took place at the ball. Both of them agree that Bingley is not only rich and handsome, but also very refined. They also agree that Darcy is uncouth and unpleasant. Elizabeth has not taken to Mr. Bingleys sisters and finds them proud and concei... | [
"When Jane and Elizabeth were alone, the former, who had been cautious in\nher praise of Mr. Bingley before, expressed to her sister how very much\nshe admired him.",
"\"He is just what a young man ought to be,\" said she, \"sensible, good\nhumoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!--so much ease,\nwit... |
1,059 | 42671_chapter_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mrs. Bennet and her daughters visit the Lucas Family the day after the Meryton ball to discuss the events of the previous night. Charlotte Lucas has overheard Bingley remark that Jane is pretty and that he likes her very much. Everyone unanimously approves of Bingley, but they are in disagreement about Darcy. Most of t... | [
"Within a short walk of Longbourn lived a family with whom the Bennets\nwere particularly intimate. Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade\nin Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune and risen to the\nhonour of knighthood by an address to the King, during his mayoralty.\nThe distinction had perhaps bee... |
1,060 | 42671_chapter_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The ladies of Longbourn and those of Netherfield exchange visits. Jane Bennet's immaculate manners and cheerful disposition please Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley, but they do not care much about her family. It is quite obvious to Elizabeth that Jane is succumbing to Mr. Bingley's charms although she is inclined to think t... | [
"The ladies of Longbourn soon waited on those of Netherfield. The visit\nwas returned in due form. Miss Bennet's pleasing manners grew on the\ngood will of Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley; and though the mother was\nfound to be intolerable and the younger sisters not worth speaking to, a\nwish of being better acquainte... |
1,061 | 42671_chapter_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Bennets have modest means. Mr. Bennet has only an income of two thousand a year, which unfortunately will pass to a distant cousin on his death. Mrs. Bennet has inherited only four thousand pounds from her father, which does not offer substantial security to her daughters. The young Bennet girls, especially Catheri... | [
"Mr. Bennet's property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two\nthousand a year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed in\ndefault of heirs male, on a distant relation; and their mother's\nfortune, though ample for her situation in life, could but ill supply\nthe deficiency of his. Her father h... |
1,062 | 42671_chapter_8 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After dinner, Elizabeth returns to Jane, who is not improving. Elizabeth is very touched by Mr. Bingleys genuine concern for her ailing sister and the attention he pays to both of them; he is the only one that does not make her feel like an intruder at Netherfield. After Elizabeth departs from dinner, Miss Bingley begi... | [
"At five o'clock the two ladies retired to dress, and at half past six\nElizabeth was summoned to dinner. To the civil enquiries which then\npoured in, and amongst which she had the pleasure of distinguishing the\nmuch superior solicitude of Mr. Bingley's, she could not make a very\nfavourable answer. Jane was by n... |
1,063 | 42671_chapter_9 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next morning, Elizabeth dispatches a note to Longbourn requesting her mother to visit Jane. Mrs. Bennet, accompanied by Lydia and Catherine, arrives soon after breakfast. She is not alarmed by Janes condition, but both she and the apothecary decide that Jane has not yet sufficiently recovered to return home. During... | [
"Elizabeth passed the chief of the night in her sister's room, and in the\nmorning had the pleasure of being able to send a tolerable answer to the\nenquiries which she very early received from Mr. Bingley by a housemaid,\nand some time afterwards from the two elegant ladies who waited on his\nsisters. In spite of ... |
1,064 | 42671_chapter_10 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Jane feels a little better by evening, so Elizabeth again joins the party in the drawing-room. Darcy is trying to write a letter to his sister, but Miss Bingley repeatedly interrupts him by calling out messages from her to include in his letter to his sister. When Darcy finally finishes the letter, he turns his attenti... | [
"The day passed much as the day before had done. Mrs. Hurst and Miss\nBingley had spent some hours of the morning with the invalid, who\ncontinued, though slowly, to mend; and in the evening Elizabeth joined\ntheir party in the drawing-room. The loo table, however, did not appear.\nMr. Darcy was writing, and Miss B... |
1,067 | 42671_chapter_13 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next morning Mr. Bennet informs his wife that they will be having a guest for dinner. Mr. Bennet has received a letter from his cousin, Mr. Collins, who will inherit Longbourn after Mr. Bennets death. Mr. Collins, a clergyman, hopes to reconcile the differences between Mr. Bennet and himself. He comes, offering an ... | [
"\"I hope, my dear,\" said Mr. Bennet to his wife, as they were at\nbreakfast the next morning, \"that you have ordered a good dinner to-day,\nbecause I have reason to expect an addition to our family party.\"",
"\"Who do you mean, my dear? I know of nobody that is coming I am sure,\nunless Charlotte Lucas should... |
1,068 | 42671_chapter_14 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mr. Collins has secured his parish through the patronage of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, a wealthy widow with an only daughter. As a result, his attitude towards her is one of fawning subservience, and during his visit at the Bennets, he never stops praising her. Lady Catherine de Bourghs daughter is a young lady of delic... | [
"During dinner, Mr. Bennet scarcely spoke at all; but when the servants\nwere withdrawn, he thought it time to have some conversation with his\nguest, and therefore started a subject in which he expected him to\nshine, by observing that he seemed very fortunate in his patroness. Lady\nCatherine de Bourgh's attentio... |
1,069 | 42671_chapter_15 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As a rector, Mr. Collins has a sufficient income and a good house. He visits Longbourn with the purpose of choosing one of the Bennet girls as a wife, "if he found them as handsome and amiable as they were represented by common report". Janes lovely face attracts him, and she seems to be his "settled choice". Mrs. Benn... | [
"Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had\nbeen but little assisted by education or society; the greatest part of\nhis life having been spent under the guidance of an illiterate and\nmiserly father; and though he belonged to one of the universities, he\nhad merely kept the necessary term... |
1,070 | 42671_chapter_16 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The following evening, the Bennet girls, Mr. Collins, and Wickham assemble at Mrs. Philips house. Collins finds an earnest listener in Mrs. Philips and rambles on about Lady Catherine and her grandiose mansion. Wickham seats himself next to Elizabeth, and the two start conversing. Wickham tells her that he has been con... | [
"As no objection was made to the young people's engagement with their\naunt, and all Mr. Collins's scruples of leaving Mr. and Mrs. Bennet for\na single evening during his visit were most steadily resisted, the coach\nconveyed him and his five cousins at a suitable hour to Meryton; and the\ngirls had the pleasure o... |
1,071 | 42671_chapter_17 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth discloses to Jane everything that she has learned from Wickham. Jane wisely says that there are two sides to every story. A ball is announced at Netherfield, and Mr. Bingley and his sisters call on the Bennets to issue an invitation. Mr. Collins asks Elizabeth for the first two dances. Elizabeth accepts grudg... | [
"Elizabeth related to Jane the next day, what had passed between Mr.\nWickham and herself. Jane listened with astonishment and concern;--she\nknew not how to believe that Mr. Darcy could be so unworthy of Mr.\nBingley's regard; and yet, it was not in her nature to question the\nveracity of a young man of such amiab... |
1,072 | 42671_chapter_18 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On the night of the ball, Elizabeth is despondent because Wickham is not present. Mr. Denny informs her that Wickham has been called to town. Elizabeth, however, suspects that he has chosen not to attend in order to avoid Darcy. She, therefore, decides to ignore Darcy. When she is compelled to dance with Darcy later in... | [
"Till Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield and looked in\nvain for Mr. Wickham among the cluster of red coats there assembled, a\ndoubt of his being present had never occurred to her. The certainty of\nmeeting him had not been checked by any of those recollections that\nmight not unreasonably have alar... |
1,073 | 42671_chapter_19 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The day after the ball, Mr. Collins proposes to Elizabeth, who wastes no time in declining the offer. Mr. Collins, undeterred by Elizabeths rejection, replies that it is usual for young ladies to initially turn down a proposal for marriage. He believes that Elizabeth really wants to accept and intends to do so in the e... | [
"The next day opened a new scene at Longbourn. Mr. Collins made his\ndeclaration in form. Having resolved to do it without loss of time, as\nhis leave of absence extended only to the following Saturday, and having\nno feelings of diffidence to make it distressing to himself even at the\nmoment, he set about it in a... |
1,074 | 42671_chapter_20 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Soon after Elizabeth leaves the room, Mrs. Bennet enters and congratulates Collins on the most happy prospect of his becoming her son-in-law. Mr. Collins accepts her good wishes and gives her the particulars of what has happened with Elizabeth. He explains his belief that Elizabeths refusal stems from her "bashful mode... | [
"Mr. Collins was not left long to the silent contemplation of his\nsuccessful love; for Mrs. Bennet, having dawdled about in the vestibule\nto watch for the end of the conference, no sooner saw Elizabeth open the\ndoor and with quick step pass her towards the staircase, than she\nentered the breakfast-room, and con... |
1,111 | 42671_chapter_21 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next day the girls meet Mr. Wickham in Meryton. He tells Elizabeth that his absence from the Netherfield ball was self-imposed, for he wished to avoid an ugly scene with Darcy. After the girls return home, Jane receives a letter from Caroline Bingley; she informs her that everyone is leaving Netherfield, and they a... | [
"The discussion of Mr. Collins's offer was now nearly at an end, and\nElizabeth had only to suffer from the uncomfortable feelings necessarily\nattending it, and occasionally from some peevish allusion of her mother.\nAs for the gentleman himself, _his_ feelings were chiefly expressed, not\nby embarrassment or deje... |
1,112 | 42671_chapter_22 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth is grateful that Charlotte entertains Mr. Collins, which keeps him in a good humor and away from her. Elizabeth assumes she is simply being kind to Mr. Collins and the Bennets; in truth, Charlotte, who greatly fears being a spinster, is interested in Mr. Collins as a husband for herself. She does not care if ... | [
"The Bennets were engaged to dine with the Lucases, and again during the\nchief of the day, was Miss Lucas so kind as to listen to Mr. Collins. Elizabeth took an opportunity of thanking her. \"It keeps him in good\nhumour,\" said she, \"and I am more obliged to you than I can express.\"\nCharlotte assured her frien... |
1,113 | 42671_chapter_23 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Sir William Lucas arrives at the Bennets to announce the engagement of his daughter to Mr. Collins. Mrs. Bennet is dumbfounded and extremely disgruntled by the news. A week elapses before she can see Elizabeth without scolding her for refusing Mr. Collins proposal, and a month passes before she can speak to the Lucas f... | [
"Elizabeth was sitting with her mother and sisters, reflecting on what\nshe had heard, and doubting whether she were authorised to mention it,\nwhen Sir William Lucas himself appeared, sent by his daughter to\nannounce her engagement to the family. With many compliments to them,\nand much self-gratulation on the pr... |
1,075 | 42671_chapter_24 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Miss Bingleys reply to Janes letter arrives and indicates that they are all settled in London for the winter. Most of the letter cruelly speaks of Miss Darcy and her many attractions. Caroline also boasts about the growing intimacy between her and her brother Bingley, who is residing with Darcy. Elizabeth still feels t... | [
"Miss Bingley's letter arrived, and put an end to doubt. The very first\nsentence conveyed the assurance of their being all settled in London for\nthe winter, and concluded with her brother's regret at not having had\ntime to pay his respects to his friends in Hertfordshire before he left\nthe country.",
"Hope wa... |
1,076 | 42671_chapter_25 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mrs. Bennets brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, come to spend Christmas at Longbourn. Mr. Gardiner is a sensible, gentlemanly person, and his wife is an amiable, elegant woman who is very fond of her nieces, especially the elder two. Mrs. Bennet airs her grievances to her sister-in-law, stating her distress o... | [
"After a week spent in professions of love and schemes of felicity, Mr.\nCollins was called from his amiable Charlotte by the arrival of\nSaturday. The pain of separation, however, might be alleviated on his\nside, by preparations for the reception of his bride, as he had reason\nto hope, that shortly after his nex... |
1,077 | 42671_chapter_26 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mrs. Gardiner cautions Elizabeth against falling in love with Wickham, who lacks wealth. Elizabeth denies that she is in love with him, but admits he is the most agreeable man she has ever come across. She promises her aunt that even if she is tempted at a later stage, she will not do anything in a hurry. Soon after th... | [
"Mrs. Gardiner's caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on\nthe first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone; after\nhonestly telling her what she thought, she thus went on:",
"\"You are too sensible a girl, Lizzy, to fall in love merely because you\nare warned against it; and, therefore, I... |
1,078 | 42671_chapter_27 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In March, Elizabeth accompanies the Lucases to London, for she is eager see Jane. They are to spend the night at the Gardiners, where Jane eagerly awaits her sister. Mrs. Gardiner confides in Elizabeth that although Jane still has periods of utter dejection even though she tries to be cheerful. Mrs. Gardiner compliment... | [
"With no greater events than these in the Longbourn family, and otherwise\ndiversified by little beyond the walks to Meryton, sometimes dirty and\nsometimes cold, did January and February pass away. March was to take\nElizabeth to Hunsford. She had not at first thought very seriously of\ngoing thither; but Charlott... |
1,079 | 42671_chapter_28 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth and the Lucases go to Huntsford. They meet Charlotte and Mr. Collins at the parsonage, which adjoins Lady Catherines estate, Rosings Park. Elizabeth is warmly welcomed by her girlfriend, who has not changed. She is content with marriage and has learned to gracefully bear her peculiar husband. Mr. Collins is a... | [
"Every object in the next day's journey was new and interesting to\nElizabeth; and her spirits were in a state for enjoyment; for she had\nseen her sister looking so well as to banish all fear for her health,\nand the prospect of her northern tour was a constant source of delight.",
"When they left the high road ... |
1,080 | 42671_chapter_29 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mr. Collins is ecstatic over the invitation to Rosings, for he wants to display "the grandeur of his patroness to his wandering visitors" and to show "her civility towards himself and his wife." He spends hours instructing the guests on what they are to expect and how they are to behave at Lady Catherines. The company ... | [
"Mr. Collins's triumph in consequence of this invitation was complete.\nThe power of displaying the grandeur of his patroness to his wondering\nvisitors, and of letting them see her civility towards himself and his\nwife, was exactly what he had wished for; and that an opportunity of\ndoing it should be given so so... |
1,081 | 42671_chapter_30 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Sir William returns home after a week, but Elizabeth and Maria stay on with the Collins. Elizabeth has another opportunity to observe the overbearing ways of Lady Catherine. Whenever she hears about any of the parishioners being quarrelsome or complaining, she goes forth to settle their differences, silence their compl... | [
"Sir William staid only a week at Hunsford; but his visit was long enough\nto convince him of his daughter's being most comfortably settled, and of\nher possessing such a husband and such a neighbour as were not often met\nwith. While Sir William was with them, Mr. Collins devoted his mornings\nto driving him out i... |
1,082 | 42671_chapter_31 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Colonel Fitzwilliam is about thirty years old and, though he is not very handsome, his manners make him popular. A week after the arrival of her nephews, Lady Catherine condescends to invite Mr. Collins guests to a party at Rosings on Sunday evening. Colonel Fitzwilliam is attracted to Elizabeth and converses with her ... | [
"Colonel Fitzwilliam's manners were very much admired at the parsonage,\nand the ladies all felt that he must add considerably to the pleasure of\ntheir engagements at Rosings. It was some days, however, before they\nreceived any invitation thither, for while there were visitors in the\nhouse, they could not be nec... |
1,083 | 42671_chapter_32 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Since the rest of the party has gone out, the next morning Elizabeth sits alone, writing a letter to Jane. Darcy suddenly walks in. Both of them are at loss for words, but Elizabeth finally asks about the abrupt departure of the Bingleys from Netherfield. Darcy does not say much, but he tells her that Bingley may dispo... | [
"Elizabeth was sitting by herself the next morning, and writing to Jane,\nwhile Mrs. Collins and Maria were gone on business into the village,\nwhen she was startled by a ring at the door, the certain signal of a\nvisitor. As she had heard no carriage, she thought it not unlikely to be\nLady Catherine, and under th... |
1,084 | 42671_chapter_33 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth, rambling in the park, often meets Darcy unexpectedly. On these occasions, he walks with her and asks odd questions about her likes and dislikes. Once she meets Fitzwilliam while she is strolling, and they speak of Darcy. Fitzwilliam tells her that recently Darcy has saved a friend from an unwise marriage, an... | [
"More than once did Elizabeth in her ramble within the Park, unexpectedly meet Mr. Darcy.--She felt all the perverseness of the mischance that should bring him where no one else was brought; and to prevent its ever happening again, took care to inform him at first, that it was a favourite haunt of hers.--How it cou... |
1,085 | 42671_chapter_34 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When the Company leaves, Elizabeth begins to reread Janes letters. Suddenly Darcy comes back in. After making perfunctory inquiries about her health, he declares his love for Elizabeth, who is thunderstruck and mute. Darcy speaks a good deal about his pride and makes Jane feel she is socially inferior to him. He acts l... | [
"When they were gone, Elizabeth, as if intending to exasperate herself as\nmuch as possible against Mr. Darcy, chose for her employment the\nexamination of all the letters which Jane had written to her since her\nbeing in Kent. They contained no actual complaint, nor was there any\nrevival of past occurrences, or a... |
1,086 | 42671_chapter_35 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next morning Elizabeth is walking by the park gates when she is confronted by Darcy, who thrusts a letter in her hand and leaves. The letter, contrary to her expectations, does not renew his marriage proposal. Instead, Darcy admits that he persuaded Bingley to give up Jane, for he had the impression that Jane did n... | [
"Elizabeth awoke the next morning to the same thoughts and meditations\nwhich had at length closed her eyes. She could not yet recover from the\nsurprise of what had happened; it was impossible to think of any thing\nelse, and totally indisposed for employment, she resolved soon after\nbreakfast to indulge herself ... |
1,087 | 42671_chapter_36 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At first, Elizabeth finds the contents of Darcys letter incredulous, but soon the veracity of it dawns on her as she recalls the unscrupulous way in which Wickham has floated tales about Darcy and the purely mercenary attachment he has formed with Miss King. She chides herself for being so wretchedly blind to Wickhams ... | [
"If Elizabeth, when Mr. Darcy gave her the letter, did not expect it to\ncontain a renewal of his offers, she had formed no expectation at all of\nits contents. But such as they were, it may be well supposed how eagerly\nshe went through them, and what a contrariety of emotion they excited. Her feelings as she read... |
1,090 | 42671_chapter_39 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Kitty and Lydia wait at the village inn for their elder sisters. On their way back to Longbourn, they tell anecdotes and jokes to Elizabeth and Jane. Lydia reveals that Miss King has gone to Liverpool to break free from Wickham. Elizabeth and Jane are warmly welcomed by their parents. Mrs. Bennet is pleased to see Jane... | [
"It was the second week in May, in which the three young ladies set out\ntogether from Gracechurch-street, for the town of ---- in Hertfordshire;\nand, as they drew near the appointed inn where Mr. Bennet's carriage was\nto meet them, they quickly perceived, in token of the coachman's\npunctuality, both Kitty and L... |
1,091 | 42671_chapter_40 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | No longer able to restrain herself, Elizabeth tells Jane about Darcys proposal and her rejection of it; the kind-hearted Jane feels sorry for Darcy. Elizabeth also tells about Darcys letter and explains about Wickham. Jane, who is oblivious to the existence of wickedness in the world, finds it hard to understand Wickha... | [
"Elizabeth's impatience to acquaint Jane with what had happened could no\nlonger be overcome; and at length resolving to suppress every particular\nin which her sister was concerned, and preparing her to be surprised,\nshe related to her the next morning the chief of the scene between Mr.\nDarcy and herself.",
"M... |
1,114 | 42671_chapter_41 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | There is an omnipresent gloom over Hertfordshire as the regiments stay in Meryton is coming to an end. Kitty and Lydia are wretched, and their mother shares their grief. Elizabeth is ashamed of their behavior and realizes again the truth of Darcys denunciations. Elizabeth is worried about Lydias trip to Brighton with M... | [
"The first week of their return was soon gone. The second began. It was\nthe last of the regiment's stay in Meryton, and all the young ladies in\nthe neighbourhood were drooping apace. The dejection was almost\nuniversal. The elder Miss Bennets alone were still able to eat, drink,\nand sleep, and pursue the usual c... |
1,115 | 42671_chapter_42 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is summer at Longbourn; Lydia has gone to Brighton, and Mrs. Bennet and Kitty constantly complain of boredom. Mr. Bennett, as always, stays aloof and uninvolved. Elizabeth, remembering the contents of Darcys letter, is more bothered by her parents behavior than ever. She realizes they are totally mismatched and deci... | [
"Had Elizabeth's opinion been all drawn from her own family, she could\nnot have formed a very pleasing picture of conjugal felicity or domestic\ncomfort. Her father captivated by youth and beauty, and that appearance\nof good humour, which youth and beauty generally give, had married a\nwoman whose weak understand... |
1,092 | 42671_chapter_43 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As she arrives at Pemberley with the Gardiners, Elizabeth is thoroughly enchanted by the architecture and surrounding natural beauty of the place. For a moment she thinks it would be pleasant to be the mistress of Pemberley. They are greeted by the housekeeper, who shows them around; Elizabeth is impressed with all she... | [
"Elizabeth, as they drove along, watched for the first appearance of\nPemberley Woods with some perturbation; and when at length they turned\nin at the lodge, her spirits were in a high flutter.",
"The park was very large, and contained great variety of ground. They\nentered it in one of its lowest points, and dr... |
1,095 | 42671_chapter_46 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Darcy seems to be on the verge of proposing to Elizabeth again when she receives alarming news from Jane. Lydia has eloped with Wickham, which distresses Elizabeth greatly since she knows that Wickham has not married her sister. Jane asks Elizabeth to return home immediately and asks Mr. Gardiner to aid their father wi... | [
"Elizabeth had been a good deal disappointed in not finding a letter from\nJane, on their first arrival at Lambton; and this disappointment had\nbeen renewed on each of the mornings that had now been spent there; but\non the third, her repining was over, and her sister justified by the\nreceipt of two letters from ... |
1,096 | 42671_chapter_47 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elizabeth is certain that the mercenary Wickham will not marry the penniless Lydia, a fact which makes matters worse. Elizabeth tells the Gardiners that Lydia knows nothing of Wickhams despicable past and lacks the good sense and strength of character to judge him appropriately on her own. When Elizabeth arrives home, ... | [
"\"I have been thinking it over again, Elizabeth,\" said her uncle, as they\ndrove from the town; \"and really, upon serious consideration, I am much\nmore inclined than I was to judge as your eldest sister does of the\nmatter. It appears to me so very unlikely, that any young man should\nform such a design against... |
1,097 | 42671_chapter_48 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mr. Collins sends a letter of condolence, but is brimming with painful references to Lydias disposition and her faulty upbringing. Messages in a similar vein from Lady Catherine are also included. Another letter from Colonel Forster is sent to Mr. Gardiner, informing him that Wickham has left sizeable gambling and othe... | [
"The whole party were in hopes of a letter from Mr. Bennet the next\nmorning, but the post came in without bringing a single line from him.\nHis family knew him to be on all common occasions, a most negligent and\ndilatory correspondent, but at such a time, they had hoped for exertion.\nThey were forced to conclude... |
1,098 | 42671_chapter_49 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lydia and Wickham are found and, as expected, they are not married. Wickham, however, has agreed to marry her on the stipulation that his debts are cleared and he is given a stipend of one hundred pounds a year. Mr. Bennet agrees to the offer, but suspects that a much greater amount must have been passed on by Mr. Gard... | [
"Two days after Mr. Bennet's return, as Jane and Elizabeth were walking\ntogether in the shrubbery behind the house, they saw the housekeeper\ncoming towards them, and, concluding that she came to call them to their\nmother, went forward to meet her; but, instead of the expected summons,\nwhen they approached her, ... |
1,099 | 42671_chapter_50 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mr. Bennet is ashamed that Mr. Gardiner has paid a sum to money to Wickham to accomplish the marriage; he plans to find out the amount and repay his brother-in-law as soon as possible. He even writes a letter to Gardiner to state his plans. He is also disappointed in Lydias behavior and has resolved not to admit them a... | [
"Mr. Bennet had very often wished, before this period of his life, that,\ninstead of spending his whole income, he had laid by an annual sum, for\nthe better provision of his children, and of his wife, if she survived\nhim. He now wished it more than ever. Had he done his duty in that\nrespect, Lydia need not have ... |
1,100 | 42671_chapter_51 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mr. and Mrs. Wickham arrive at Longbourn. Mrs. Bennet welcomes them warmly, but Mr. Bennet is provoked by the couples easy manner and shameless impudence. Elizabeth is indignant over their behavior, and even the gentle Jane is mortified by their indifferent attitude. Lydia chatters unabashedly about Wickham and seems t... | [
"Their sister's wedding day arrived; and Jane and Elizabeth felt for her\nprobably more than she felt for herself. The carriage was sent to meet\nthem at ----, and they were to return in it, by dinner-time. Their\narrival was dreaded by the elder Miss Bennets; and Jane more especially,\nwho gave Lydia the feelings ... |
1,101 | 42671_chapter_52 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When she responds to Elizabeths letter, Mrs. Gardiner is surprised that Elizabeth does not know the truth about the Wickham marriage. She informs Elizabeth that Darcy had found Lydia and bribed Wickham to marry her. Darcy then made Mr. Gardiner promise that he would conceal this information and take the credit for havi... | [
"Elizabeth had the satisfaction of receiving an answer to her letter, as\nsoon as she possibly could. She was no sooner in possession of it, than\nhurrying into the little copse, where she was least likely to be\ninterrupted, she sat down on one of the benches, and prepared to be\nhappy; for the length of the lette... |
1,102 | 42671_chapter_53 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mrs. Bennet is crestfallen after the departure of Lydia, her favorite daughter. The only thing that excites her is Mr. Bingleys arrival with Darcy at Netherfield. Elizabeth fears that her mothers incorrigible behavior will surface again to embarrass her further. During the first visit, Mrs. Bennet, as always, talks foo... | [
"Mr. Wickham was so perfectly satisfied with this conversation, that he\nnever again distressed himself, or provoked his dear sister Elizabeth,\nby introducing the subject of it; and she was pleased to find that she\nhad said enough to keep him quiet.",
"The day of his and Lydia's departure soon came, and Mrs. Be... |
1,105 | 42671_chapter_56 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lady Catherine comes charging in at Longbourn "with an air more than usually ungracious". As always, she is cold and haughty; she treats the Bennet family with open contempt, declining all offers of refreshment and remarking about the small size of their property. Lady Catherine asks Elizabeth to walk on the lawn with ... | [
"One morning, about a week after Bingley's engagement with Jane had been\nformed, as he and the females of the family were sitting together in the\ndining-room, their attention was suddenly drawn to the window, by the\nsound of a carriage; and they perceived a chaise and four driving up the\nlawn. It was too early ... |
1,106 | 42671_chapter_57 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A letter arrives from Mr. Collins congratulating Mr. Bennet on Janes betrothal and also hinting at the rumors which are floating in and out of Hertfordshire that Darcy and Elizabeth are soon to be engaged. Mr. Collins also conveys that Lady Catherine views the Darcy-Elizabeth match with an unfriendly eye. Mr. Bennet re... | [
"The discomposure of spirits, which this extraordinary visit threw\nElizabeth into, could not be easily overcome; nor could she for many\nhours, learn to think of it less than incessantly. Lady Catherine it\nappeared, had actually taken the trouble of this journey from Rosings,\nfor the sole purpose of breaking off... |
1,107 | 42671_chapter_58 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Darcy returns from London and visits Longbourn. When Elizabeth thanks him for his kind intervention in Lydia's affair, Darcy blushes because he had not expected that Mrs. Gardiner would tell Elizabeth about his part in the marriage. Darcy then proposes to Elizabeth again. This time Elizabeth happily accepts his proposa... | [
"Instead of receiving any such letter of excuse from his friend, as\nElizabeth half expected Mr. Bingley to do, he was able to bring Darcy\nwith him to Longbourn before many days had passed after Lady Catherine's\nvisit. The gentlemen arrived early; and, before Mrs. Bennet had time to\ntell him of their having seen... |
1,108 | 42671_chapter_59 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On the same night, Elizabeth confides to Jane about her engagement. Jane is initially shocked because she was under the impression that Elizabeth still disliked Darcy. Elizabeth assures her sister that her feelings have changed, her prejudices have vanished, and she is very much in love with him. Jane is genuinely happ... | [
"\"My dear Lizzy, where can you have been walking to?\" was a question\nwhich Elizabeth received from Jane as soon as she entered the room, and\nfrom all the others when they sat down to table. She had only to say in\nreply, that they had wandered about, till she was beyond her own\nknowledge. She coloured as she s... |
1,116 | 17157_part_1,_chapter_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Each chapter is advertised. In this chapter, "The Author gives some Account of himself and Family, his first Inducements to travel. He is shipwrecked, and swims for his Life, gets safe on shoar in the Country of Lilliput, is made a Prisoner, and carryed up the Country. The narrative begins with the narrator, Lemuel Gul... | [
"PART I. _A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT_. CHAPTER I.",
"THE AUTHOR GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF AND FAMILY: HIS FIRST\n INDUCEMENTS TO TRAVEL. HE IS SHIPWRECKED, AND SWIMS FOR HIS LIFE;\n GETS SAFE ASHORE IN THE COUNTRY OF LILLIPUT; IS MADE A PRISONER,\n AND CARRIED UP THE COUNTRY.",
"My father had a small ... |
1,117 | 17157_part_ii,_chapter_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | "A great Storm described, the long Boat sent to fetch Water, the Author goes with it to discover the Country. He is left on Shoar, is seized by one of the Natives, and carry'd to a Farmer's House. His Reception there, with several Accidents that happen'd there. A Description of the Inhabitants. On June 20, 1702, ten mo... | [
"PART II. A VOYAGE TO BROBDINGNAG_. CHAPTER I.",
"A GREAT STORM DESCRIBED; THE LONG-BOAT SENT TO FETCH WATER; THE\n AUTHOR GOES WITH IT TO DISCOVER THE COUNTRY. HE IS LEFT ON SHORE,\n IS SEIZED BY ONE OF THE NATIVES, AND CARRIED TO A FARMER'S HOUSE.\n HIS RECEPTION, WITH SEVERAL ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENE... |
1,118 | 17157_part_ii,_chapter_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | "A Description of the Farmer's Daughter. The Author carried to a Market-Town, and then to the Metropolis. The Particulars of his Journey. Gulliver is given into the care of the farmer's daughter, Glumdalclitch, who teaches him the language and treats him very well, like a child would care for a favorite doll. In fact, ... | [
"CHAPTER II.",
"THE EMPEROR OF LILLIPUT, ATTENDED BY SEVERAL OF THE NOBILITY, COMES\n TO SEE THE AUTHOR IN HIS CONFINEMENT. THE EMPEROR'S PERSON AND\n HABIT DESCRIBED. LEARNED MEN APPOINTED TO TEACH THE AUTHOR THEIR\n LANGUAGE. HE GAINS FAVOR BY HIS MILD DISPOSITION. HIS POCKETS ARE\n SEARCHED, AN... |
1,119 | 17157_part_ii,_chapter_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | "The Author sent for to Court. The Queen buys him of his Master the Farmer, and presents him to the King. He disputes with his Majesty's great Scholars. An Apartment at Court provided for the Author. He is in high Favour with the Queen. He stands up for the Honour of his own Country. His Quarrels with the Queen's Dwarf... | [
"CHAPTER III.",
"THE AUTHOR DIVERTS THE EMPEROR AND HIS NOBILITY OF BOTH SEXES IN A\n VERY UNCOMMON MANNER. THE DIVERSIONS OF THE COURT OF LILLIPUT\n DESCRIBED. THE AUTHOR HAS HIS LIBERTY GRANTED HIM UPON CERTAIN\n CONDITIONS.",
"My gentleness and good behavior had gained so far on the emperor and h... |
1,120 | 17157_part_ii,_chapter_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | "The Country described. A Proposal for correcting modern Maps. The King's Palace, and some Account of the Metropolis. The Author's way of travelling. The chief Temple described. Gulliver spends a great deal of time describing the landscape of Brobdingnag, the palace that he now lives in and his manner of traveling in a... | [
"CHAPTER IV.",
"MILENDO, THE METROPOLIS OF LILLIPUT, DESCRIBED TOGETHER WITH THE\n EMPEROR'S PALACE. A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE AUTHOR AND A PRINCIPAL\n SECRETARY, CONCERNING THE AFFAIRS OF THAT EMPIRE. THE AUTHOR OFFERS\n TO SERVE THE EMPEROR IN HIS WARS.",
"The first request I made, after I had ob... |
1,121 | 17157_part_ii,_chapter_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | "Several Adventures that happened to the Author. The Execution of a Criminal. The Author shews his Skill in Navigation. Serving in Brobdingnag proves difficult for Gulliver. He experiences a series of dangers because of his small size-and because the dwarf relishes in making Gulliver's life difficult. The ladies at cou... | [
"CHAPTER V.",
"THE AUTHOR, BY AN EXTRAORDINARY STRATAGEM, PREVENTS AN INVASION. A\n HIGH TITLE OF HONOR IS CONFERRED UPON HIM. AMBASSADORS ARRIVE FROM\n THE EMPEROR OF BLEFUSCU, AND SUE FOR PEACE. THE EMPRESS'S APARTMENT\n ON FIRE, BY ACCIDENT; THE AUTHOR INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING THE REST OF\n THE P... |
1,122 | 17157_part_ii,_chapter_vi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | "Several Contrivances of the Author to please the King and Queen. He shews his Skill in Musick. The King enquires into the State of Europe, which the Author relates to him. The King's Observations thereon. Gulliver salvages several of the king's hairs from his shaving cream and makes himself a comb. He then makes the s... | [
"CHAPTER VI.",
"OF THE INHABITANTS OF LILLIPUT; THEIR LEARNING, LAWS, AND CUSTOMS;\n THE MANNER OF EDUCATING THEIR CHILDREN. THE AUTHOR'S WAY OF LIVING\n IN THAT COUNTRY.",
"Although I intend to leave the description of this empire to a\nparticular treatise, yet, in the meantime, I am content to gratify... |
1,123 | 17157_part_ii,_chapter_vii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | "The Author's Love of his Country. He makes a Proposal of much Advantage to the King, which is rejected. The King's great Ignorance in Politicks. The Learning of that Country very imperfect and confined. Their Laws, and military Affairs, and Parties in the State. Gulliver is offended by the manner in which the king has... | [
"CHAPTER VII.",
"THE AUTHOR, BEING INFORMED OF A DESIGN TO ACCUSE HIM OF HIGH\n TREASON, MAKES HIS ESCAPE TO BLEFUSCU. HIS RECEPTION THERE.",
"Before I proceed to give an account of my leaving this kingdom, it may\nbe proper to inform the reader of a private intrigue which had been for\ntwo months forming a... |
1,124 | 17157_part_ii,_chapter_viii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | "The King and Queen make a Progress to the Frontiers. The Author attends them. The manner in which he leaves the Country very particularly related. He returns to England. Gulliver has been in Brobdingnag for two years and strongly feels that it is time to leave. He is basically being treated as a pet. But the royal fam... | [
"CHAPTER VIII.",
"THE AUTHOR, BY A LUCKY ACCIDENT, FINDS MEANS TO LEAVE BLEFUSCU, AND\n AFTER SOME DIFFICULTIES, RETURNS SAFE TO HIS NATIVE COUNTRY.",
"Three days after my arrival, walking out of curiosity to the northeast coast of the island, I observed, about half a league off in the sea, somewhat that lo... |
1,116 | 17157_part_1,_chapter_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Our hero, Lemuel Gulliver, starts out his adventures with a description of his origins: he's from Nottinghamshire in England, and he has spent several years at college at Cambridge. Sadly, Gulliver's father runs out of money for young Gulliver's education, so he sends Gulliver as an apprentice to Mr. James Bates, a Lon... | [
"PART I. _A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT_. CHAPTER I.",
"THE AUTHOR GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF AND FAMILY: HIS FIRST\n INDUCEMENTS TO TRAVEL. HE IS SHIPWRECKED, AND SWIMS FOR HIS LIFE;\n GETS SAFE ASHORE IN THE COUNTRY OF LILLIPUT; IS MADE A PRISONER,\n AND CARRIED UP THE COUNTRY.",
"My father had a small ... |
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