Who it is for
Readers following character development, social satire, and the changing relationships around Chapter 36 will find this chapter especially useful.
English reader · Project Gutenberg #1342
Chapter 36
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 36, using dialogue, family expectations, and manners to reveal character motives and relationships. Its opening movement begins: Darcy gave her the letter, did not expect it to contain a renewal of his offers, she had formed no expectation at all of its contents. But such as they were, it may be well supposed how eagerly she went through them, and what a contrariety of emotion they excited.
Modern reader note
Read this chapter in its Regency social context. Courtship, inheritance, gender expectations, class manners, and family authority around Chapter 36 reflect the novel’s historical world rather than present-day norms.
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