Who it is for
Readers following character development, social satire, and the changing relationships around Chapter 13 will find this chapter especially useful.
English reader · Project Gutenberg #1342
Chapter 13
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 13, using dialogue, family expectations, and manners to reveal character motives and relationships. Its opening movement begins: “I hope, my dear,” said Mr. Bennet to his wife, as they were at breakfast the next morning, “that you have ordered a good dinner to-day, because I have reason to expect an addition to our family party.”
Modern reader note
Read this chapter in its Regency social context. Courtship, inheritance, gender expectations, class manners, and family authority around Chapter 13 reflect the novel’s historical world rather than present-day norms.
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