Who it is for
Readers following character development, social satire, and the changing relationships around Chapter 59 will find this chapter especially useful.
English reader · Project Gutenberg #1342
Chapter 59
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 59, using dialogue, family expectations, and manners to reveal character motives and relationships. Its opening movement begins: “My dear Lizzy, where can you have been walking to?” was a question which Elizabeth received from Jane as soon as she entered the room, and from all the others when they sat down to table. She had only to say in reply, that they had wandered about till she was beyond her own knowledge.
Modern reader note
Read this chapter in its Regency social context. Courtship, inheritance, gender expectations, class manners, and family authority around Chapter 59 reflect the novel’s historical world rather than present-day norms.
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