Who it is for
Readers following character development, social satire, and the changing relationships around Chapter 53 will find this chapter especially useful.
English reader · Project Gutenberg #1342
Chapter 53
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 53, using dialogue, family expectations, and manners to reveal character motives and relationships. Its opening movement begins: Wickham was so perfectly satisfied with this conversation, that he never again distressed himself, or provoked his dear sister Elizabeth, by introducing the subject of it; and she was pleased to find that she had said enough to keep him quiet. The day of his and Lydia’s departure soon came; and Mrs.
Modern reader note
Read this chapter in its Regency social context. Courtship, inheritance, gender expectations, class manners, and family authority around Chapter 53 reflect the novel’s historical world rather than present-day norms.
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