Who it is for
Readers following character development, social satire, and the changing relationships around Chapter 31 will find this chapter especially useful.
English reader · Project Gutenberg #1342
Chapter 31
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 31, using dialogue, family expectations, and manners to reveal character motives and relationships. Its opening movement begins: Colonel Fitzwilliam’s manners were very much admired at the Parsonage, and the ladies all felt that he must add considerably to the pleasure of their engagements at Rosings. It was some days, however, before they received any invitation thither, for while there were visitors in the house they could not be necessary; and it was not till Easter-day, almost a week after the gentlemen’s arrival, that they were honoured b
Modern reader note
Read this chapter in its Regency social context. Courtship, inheritance, gender expectations, class manners, and family authority around Chapter 31 reflect the novel’s historical world rather than present-day norms.
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