Pride And Prejudice Key Quotes

Front 1

Give a quote that summarises Charlotte Lucas' view on marriage

Back 1

"I am not romantic, you know, I never was. I ask only for a comfortable home'

Front 2

When was Pride and Prejudice first published?

Back 2

1813

Front 3

What is the opening sentence of the novel: "Pride and Prejudice"?

Back 3

"It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife"

Front 4

Give a quote where Jane Austen is describing Lydia's letters home, illustrating her foolish frivolousness in Brighton

Back 4

"such and such officers had attended them, and where she had seen such beautiful ornaments"

Front 5

Give a quote that highlights Elizabeth's shame when she realises her ability to judge people's characters is not as accurate as she had once perceived

Back 5

"she grew absolutely ashamed of herself. Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think without realising she had been blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd"

Front 6

Give a quote that illustrates Darcy's respect for women beyond an ornamental role, when in conversation with miss Bingley

Back 6

"she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading"

Front 7

Give a quote from a joke made by Elizabeth to Jane concerning her motives behind marrying Darcy that in some senses may carry some truth

Back 7

"I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley"

Front 8

Give a quote from Elizabeth during her rejection of Darcy that causes him to undergo some self re-evaluation of his character

Back 8

"in a more gentleman-like manner"

Front 9

Give a quote from Darcy to Elizabeth describing the effect her rejection has had on him

Back 9

"you taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. By you, I was properly humbled"

Front 10

Give a quote describing the Pemberley estate house that illustrates Darcy's good, refined taste

Back 10

"there was less of splendour, more of real beauty"

Front 11

Give a quote from the perspective of Elizabeth that summarises her thoughts on the danger's of her father's abandonment of his fatherly duties

Back 11

"conjugal breach of obligation"

Front 12

Give a quote about Mr and Mrs Bennett's marriage that highlights the danger of incompatibility in marriage

Back 12

"Her father, captivated by youth and beauty... had married a woman whose weak understanding and illiberal mind had very early in their marriage put an end to all real affection for her"

Front 13

Give a quote from Mr Collins, talking of his own house, that illustrates a lack of understanding for what constitutes real elegance, sycophancy and materialistic, simplistic self-appraisal

Back 13

"enumeration of the windows of the house... what the glazing had cost Sir Lewis De Bourgh"

Front 14

Give a quote where Austen is ridiculing Kitty's foolish lust for officers

Back 14

"by the middle of June Kitty was so much recovered as to be ... so tolerably reasonable as not to metion an officer above once a day"