Author: bdelleman
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Jane Bennet isn’t an Old Maid
Common Pride & Prejudice Misconceptions, Part 2 “Jane will be quite an old maid soon, I declare. She is almost three-and-twenty! Lord! how ashamed I should be of not being married before three-and-twenty!” -Lydia Bennet, Pride & Prejudice There is a common perception that women married very young in the past, but this is not…
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Lady Catherine Can’t Fire Mr. Collins
Common Pride & Prejudice Misconceptions, Part 1 Something I see online and in Jane Austen fan fiction from time to time is the idea that Mr. Collins is so devoted to Lady Catherine because she could revoke his living and position as rector. This is absolutely false. So why is Mr. Collins such a suck-up?…
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Why the Tour of Pemberley Matters: Part 2
Pemberley as imagined by Pride & Prejudice 2005 Elizabeth is not mercenary, the tour at Pemberley did not sway her in regards to wealth, but it did provide a very important character reference about Mr. Darcy. I’ve already discussed the contents of the house in Part 1 and the real importance of the portrait. In…
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Why the Tour of Pemberley Matters: Part 1
Pemberley in the 1995 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice It’s funny how often I read people online treating this line from Elizabeth seriously, “I believe I must date it (my love for Darcy) from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley” and thinking that she was swayed by the size of Darcy’s house or…
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Genteel Poverty vs. Actual Poverty in Austen’s Time
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Everyone Failed Lydia Bennet
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Imagining the Regency Era: Mr. Darcy Looks Rich
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They Would Not Have Said That! Words that Didn’t Exist in the Regency Era
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Lady Catherine, A Sympathetic Character?
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It’s Not “Modern” to Call Mr. Bennet a Terrible Father
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