Who it is for
Readers following character development, social satire, and the changing relationships around Chapter 23 will find this chapter especially useful.
English reader · Project Gutenberg #1342
Chapter 23
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 23, using dialogue, family expectations, and manners to reveal character motives and relationships. Its opening movement begins: Elizabeth was sitting with her mother and sisters, reflecting on what she had heard, and doubting whether she was authorized to mention it, when Sir William Lucas himself appeared, sent by his daughter to announce her engagement to the family. With many compliments to them, and much self-gratulation on the prospect of a connection between the houses, he unfolded the matter,--to an audience not merely wondering, but i
Modern reader note
Read this chapter in its Regency social context. Courtship, inheritance, gender expectations, class manners, and family authority around Chapter 23 reflect the novel’s historical world rather than present-day norms.
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