Who it is for
Readers following character development, social satire, and the changing relationships around Chapter 2 will find this chapter especially useful.
English reader · Project Gutenberg #1342
Chapter 2
Pride and Prejudice. English-only reading by default; switch among English, Chinese, and Spanish, or compare languages side by side.
Chapter summary
This chapter advances the novel’s social and emotional action around Chapter 2, using dialogue, family expectations, and manners to reveal character motives and relationships. Its opening movement begins: Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. He had always intended to visit him, though to the last always assuring his wife that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was paid she had no knowledge of it.
Modern reader note
Read this chapter in its Regency social context. Courtship, inheritance, gender expectations, class manners, and family authority around Chapter 2 reflect the novel’s historical world rather than present-day norms.
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