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I shall go distracted. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun. It was very little less. The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention. You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused and interested you, because I was so unlike them.

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Had you not been really amiable, you would have hated me for it; but, in spite of the pains you took to disguise yourself, your feelings were always noble and just; and, in your heart, you thoroughly despised the persons who so assiduously courted you. There — I have saved you the trouble of accounting for it; and really, all things considered, I begin to think it perfectly reasonable. To be sure, you knew no actual good of me — but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love. But now suppose as much as you Mrs. Gardiner chuse; give a loose to your fancy, indulge your imagination in every possible flight which the subject will afford, and unless you believe me actually married, you cannot greatly err.

You must write again very soon, and praise him a great deal more than you did in your last. Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters. Wickham were always moving from place to place in quest of a cheap situation, and always spending more than they ought. His affection for her soon sunk into indifference: Chapter 57 It was a rational scheme, to be sure! Darcy Elizabeth, feeling all the more than common awkwardness and anxiety of his situation, now forced herself to speak; and immediately, though not very fluently, gave him to understand that her sentiments had undergone so material a change since the period to which he alluded, as to make her receive with gratitude and pleasure his present assurances.

The Narrator They walked on, without knowing in what direction. Darcy But now suppose as much as you Mrs. The Narrator Chapter 61 Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. The Narrator They Mr. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Darcy over a period of months but with only 5 days when she actually sees him.

So I think your father has a valid point.

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The turn-around from hatred to love is quite fast. When Jane doesn't believe in this "love" and Mr. Bennet also needs to be convinced of it, they are representing the incredulity of the reader as well. If a friend of yours hated and disliked a guy, but then found out he was a much better person than she'd thought, would you accept that she was in love with him after a total of 5 interactions since she'd hated him? If, in addition to that, you were to learn that she'd just happened to see his gorgeous opulent mansion, wondered that she might have had it, and said jokingly that it was one of the reasons for her change of heart, would you be reassured?

Honestly, I don't blame Elizabeth at all, I just think that her feelings for Mr. Darcy are friendliness which grows out of her gratitude and esteem. Also, it's made very clear that her desire to escape her own unhappy home is another motive for her marriage. Marte Jun 27, I thought the exact same thing! I never saw any love while reading the book, only in the movie! Kathy May 20, The reader could tell by her lack of interest in style, dress and manners and what was socially acceptable that upper class and money mattered not at all to her.

She was unwilling, even in the face of her mother's ongoing hysterics, to consider marriage, much less to someone she perceived to be rich. It seems that once she had fallen in love, she was more frightened of the money and position than she was seeking it out eagerly.

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She took after her father in that she enjoyed reading and studying rather than socializing and looking for a rich husband. MissChile last edited May 12, She married for love. She realized how Darcy really was after the letter, but confirmed it when she faced Wickham after he married Lydia. I think that was the moment that changed Lizzy's feelings. And I think that she really realized she was in love when Darcy's employee told her about the "real" Darcy and the way he behaved around her and her uncle and aunt in "his" territories, where he was comfortable around the people he really knew.

And she was jocking when she said she felt in love with Darcy once she saw Pemberley. That's how Lizzy was If someone didn't understand that was a joke, then never understood Lizzy's character. Kathy Jun 27, I believe she married him for love. She just had to get to know him better and see the really person and no the person he showed to society.


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Maximum May 20, She fell in love with him after seeing all the good hidden under his mask he had created. She wouldn't have married for money, because if she was that type of person, she would have probably been married to Mr. Lizzie had said herself, she wanted to marry for love, not money. Tracy May 11, I think the people of that era expected to "fall in love" after they married, and actually marrying, for Lizzie and her attitude, is a huge leap of faith, so I tend to think she was at least attracted to him, and willing to let herself like him, with the hope of more as they came to know each other Kevin last edited May 12, It may be that in Austen's universe, the two terms in your question are synonymous.

One of the interesting things about rereading this novel is that one has to judge its morality according to a different standard than one applies to similar stories today. Different even than novels written only twenty or thirty years later.

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I think love had a different meaning and value at Jane's time. Whether or not Lizzie has actually romantic feelings for Darcy is up to question, I think, but what really draws her to Darcy is that he is a man she can respect, she can talk to, and who mutually respects her and is not afraid of her sharp tongue or her high intelligence.

Back then, women didn't have that much of a choice, as you all doubtlessly know and as the novel itself shows with poor Charlotte. I don't think all of these strong, spirited young women had the chance, the time and the patience to search for true, romantic love. Mutual understanding and respect would do, and in my opinion, this is what happened with Darcy and Elizabeth. An even better example would be Marianne and Col. Love in this context is more like a sensuality of the mind, and not necessarily also something sexual.

Elizabeth claiming she had gradually started to love Darcy in this context would mean that she had gradually come to understand that Darcy was the one man she could share mutual respect with. Money had nothing to do with it. Ruby Jun 30, Her change of mind took a long time. She had to read Darcy's letter, hear from a number of sources that he was actually a good guy, learn that he fixed Lydia's elopement problem with his own money, and see him changed and kind at Pemberley. She took quite a long time. Once she realizes that he is a just person, she realizes that they fit together and she wants to see him more, but she doesn't call it love until later.

There's evidence- she's not madly in love- she's being smart and logical and likes a person who she respects and learned to care for over time. Sara last edited Jul 18, I think she married him for love. You have to remember, the events in the book didn't take place as fast as it seems.

The story actually took place over months and months. Periods of time were skipped to get to the relevant points in which they just went about their normal lives. Like when the search for Lydia was on, it took a couple weeks A fortnight , not days, to find her and then there was the week it took for the wedding to take place, the ten days or maybe a fortnight Lydia and Wickham visited Longbourne, the week or so before Bingley and Darcy came back to Longbourne, the week it took before the shooting party at Longbourne, the almost a week it took for Bingley to finally propose to Jane, the week between Bingley's proposal and Lady Catherine de Bourgh's visit, and the several days between Lady Catherine's visit and Mr.

Darcy coming back and going on a walk with Elizabeth. So, eight almost nine weeks maybe more or two months between Pemberly and her walking with Darcy. Bingley said, that he and Elizabeth had not seen each other for eight months, so the book obviously took place over many months, if not a year or more.

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Plus, it was at least a couple of months between when Elizabeth went to visit Charlotte and when she visited Pemberley. She had time to think and change her mind about him. My mom knew that my dad was special and that she would miss him most when she left Boise, after only a month and a half. They have been married for 34 years. Feelings can change quickly and once Elizabeth got over her pride being hurt and the issue of him sabotaging Jane's happiness, there was nothing to stop her from falling in love with him. Menna last edited Oct 16, She loved him gradually.

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