tailieunhanh - Pride And Prejudice

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the. | Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen Chapter 1 It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters. My dear Mr. Bennet said his lady to him one day have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last Mr. Bennet replied that he had not. But it is returned she for Mrs. Long has just been here and she told me all about it. Mr. Bennet made no answer. Do you not want to know who has taken it cried his wife impatiently. YOU want to tell me and I have no objection to hearing it. This was invitation enough. Why my dear you must know Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately that he is to take possession before Michaelmas and some of his 2 Pride and Prejudice servants are to be in the house by the end of next week. What is his name Bingley. Is he married or single Oh Single my dear to be sure A single man of large fortune four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls How so How can it affect them My dear Mr. Bennet replied his wife how can you be so tiresome You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them. Is that his design in settling here Design Nonsense how can you talk so But it is very likely that he MAY fall in love with one of them and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes. I see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go or you may send them by themselves which perhaps will be still better for as you are as handsome as any of them Mr. Bingley may like you the best of the party. My dear you flatter me. I certainly .