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Readers following character development, social satire, and the changing relationships around Chapter 61 will find this chapter especially useful.
English reader · Project Gutenberg #1342
Chapter 61
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 61, using dialogue, family expectations, and manners to reveal character motives and relationships. Its opening movement begins: Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters.
Modern reader note
Read this chapter in its Regency social context. Courtship, inheritance, gender expectations, class manners, and family authority around Chapter 61 reflect the novel’s historical world rather than present-day norms.
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