Category: common misconceptions
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Wickham Didn’t Target Lydia for Revenge
Common Pride & Prejudice Misconceptions, Part 4 I know what you’re thinking, “This is a common misconception???” Let me tell you, about once a month someone comes up with this theory and posts about it online. The response is usually mixed, but I shall present evidence here that should make the answer an unequivocal “no”…
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Darcy Didn’t Pay Wickham £10,000 to Marry Lydia
Common Pride & Prejudice Misconceptions, Part 3 I blame this common belief on Pride & Prejudice‘s various adaptations. For example, in the 2005 movie, Mr. Bennet speculates about the amount and then nothing else is explained. However, it is untrue. When Mr. Bennet declared that: “Wickham’s a fool if he takes her with a farthing…
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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?…