Who it is for
Readers following character development, social satire, and the changing relationships around Chapter 46 will find this chapter especially useful.
English reader · Project Gutenberg #1342
Chapter 46
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 46, using dialogue, family expectations, and manners to reveal character motives and relationships. Its opening movement begins: Elizabeth had been a good deal disappointed in not finding a letter from Jane on their first arrival at Lambton; and this disappointment had been renewed on each of the mornings that had now been spent there; but on the third her repining was over, and her sister justified, by the receipt of two letters from her at once, on one of which was marked that it had been mis-sent elsewhere. Elizabeth was not surprised at it
Modern reader note
Read this chapter in its Regency social context. Courtship, inheritance, gender expectations, class manners, and family authority around Chapter 46 reflect the novel’s historical world rather than present-day norms.
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