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Does anyone else want a thread of Pride and Prejudice quotes?

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DoorOpening · 04/05/2025 15:31

Want to share some favourite lines, for fun? Ideally just from memory, and from the book not the films. But no rules really.

“But time and her aunt moved slowly.”

When Elizabeth and Darcy are making painstaking conversation about Matlock and Dovedale on the lawn at Pemberly, while they wait for the Gardiners.

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ItsFineReally · 05/05/2025 08:51

@FloraBotticelli
And Mr Bennet feeling is remorse - “I am heartily ashamed of myself, Lizzy" and "I am not afraid of being overpowered by the impression".

I like the follow up to this.
But don't despair, it'll pass; and no doubt more quickly than it should.

Hairybauble · 05/05/2025 08:56

I can’t find the podcast. Does anyone have a link?

CurlewKate · 05/05/2025 10:21

I knew my dd had missed her A for GCSE English when she told me about the essay she had written about what a good father Mt Bennett was!

HarryVanderspeigle · 05/05/2025 11:57

Obstinate headstrong girl

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