Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 01 -- Book I Chapter I of Oxford edition
(October 1811) News of Bingley's arrival - Mrs.Bennet wants her husband to call at Netherfield - Mr.Bennet refuses
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 02
Mr.Bennet's visit to Netherfield - Mr.Bennet breaks the news - the family rejoices
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 03
Bingley returns Mr.Bennet's visit - Bingley's sisters and Darcy arrive - Lucases' ball - Bingley pleases everyone - Darcy appears disagreeable - Darcy insults Elizabeth - Bingley favors Jane
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 04
Jane admits her liking for Bingley to Elizabeth - Bingley's sisters approve of Jane - Bingley takes Netherfield Park
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 05
The Lucases visit Longbourn - the girls discuss the ball - Charlotte justifies Darcy's pride
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 06
Charlotte says Jane should be more expressive - Darcy begins to admire Elizabeth - Darcy asks Elizabeth to dance with him - Elizabeth refuses
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 07
(November 1811) A militia regiment arrives - Caroline invites Jane to Netherfield - Mrs.Bennet sends Jane on horseback - it rains - Jane falls ill - Elizabeth goes to Netherfield
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 08
Bingley's sisters express contempt for Jane's relations - Bingley doesnt object to her connections - Elizabeth participates in the conversation between Bingley, his sisters and Darcy - Jane gets worse
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 09
Mrs.Bennet, Kitty and Lydia visit Netherfield - Mrs.Bennet argues with Darcy - Jane better - Mrs.Bennet ensures Jane stays in Netherfield longer
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 10
Caroline constantly tries to please Darcy - Elizabeth is amused - Elizabeth mistakes Darcy's admiration for dislike - Darcy invites her to dance - Elizabeth refuses - Caroline congratulates Darcy sarcastically
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 11
Jane is better - Bingley is happy - Elizabeth and Darcy discuss his failings - Darcy awakens to his feelings for Elizabeth
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 12
Jane returns to Longbourn in Bingley's carriage - Darcy is relieved that Elizabeth is gone
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 13
Mr.Bennet reads out Collins' letter - Collins arrives - His formal, odd behaviour amuses Mr.Bennet and his daughters
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 14
Collins overly praises Lady Catherine de Bourgh - He reads out a sermon - Lydia interrupts - Collins is offended
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 15
Collins informs Mrs.Bennet of his intention to marry one of her daughters - Elizabeth is selected - Jane, Elizabeth, Kitty, Lydia and Collins walk to Meryton - They meet Wickham - Bingley and Darcy arrive
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 16
Meryton ball - Collins and his cousins attend - Wickham arrives - He tells Elizabeth lies about Darcy - She readily believes
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 17
Jane does not believe the lies about Darcy - The Bingleys visit Netherfield, invite the Bennets to a ball at Netherfield - Elizabeth teases Collins about attending balls - Collins asks her to dance with him
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 18
Netherfield ball - Elizabeth dances with Darcy, she teases him - Sir William Lucas hints at Bingley and Jane's marriage - Caroline warns Elizabeth about Wickham - Collins, Mrs.Bennet and her younger daughters are most embarassing
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 19
Collins proposes to Elizabeth - she refuses
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 20
Mrs.Bennet tries unsuccessfully to force Elizabeth to accept the proposal - Charlotte arrives
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 21
The Bennet girls go to Meryton - Elizabeth meets Wickham - Wickham walks back with them to Longbourn - Letter arrives from Caroline - The Bingleys and Darcy have left - Caroline writes that she hopes Bingley will marry Georgiana - Elizabeth sees through the letter
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 22
Collins proposes to Charlotte - She readily accepts him - Elizabeth is shocked and disappointed
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 23
Sir Lucas announces Charlotte's engagement - Mrs.Bennet angry and upset - No news of Bingley, Jane upset
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 24 -- Book II Chapter I of Oxford edition
(December 1811) A letter from Caroline ends Jane's hope - Elizabeth guesses that Bingley's sisters and friend have influenced him - the Bennets sees Wickham often
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 25
Collins leaves - Gardiners arrive - Mrs.Gardiner tells Lizzy she would have been better able to cope with disappointment than Jane - She suggests taking Jane with her to London
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 26
(January 1812) Mrs.Gardiner tells Elizabeth Wickham cannot afford to marry her - Gardiners and Jane leave - Collins returns, marries Charlotte - Charlotte invites Elizabeth to Hunsford - Jane calls on Bingley's sisters - Wickham turns his attention to Mary King
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 27
(March 1812) Elizabeth, Sir Lucas and Maria go to Hunsford - They stop at the Gardiners' on the way - Mrs.Gardiner invites Elizabeth on a tour to the Lakes
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 28
Elizabeth reaches Hunsford - Anne de Bourgh drives by - invitation to dine at Rosings Park
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 29
Collins prepares everyone for the magnificence of Rosings Park - the party vists Lady Catherine - Elizabeth is not awed by what she sees - Lady Catherine offers her carriage to take them back
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 30
Darcy arrives at Rosings Park - Darcy and Fitzwilliam come to the Parsonage
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 31
(April 1812) Collins' family and Elizabeth invited to Rosings Park - Fitzwilliam pleased with Elizabeth's company - Darcy ashamed of his aunt's behavior
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 32
Darcy calls on Elizabeth - Charlotte clearly sees that Darcy must be in love with Elizabeth - He continues to visit them often
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 33
Elizabeth and Darcy meet every now and then in the Park - Fitzwilliam informs Elizabeth of Darcy's interference in Bingley's marriage to Jane
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 34
Darcy proposes to Elizabeth, at the same time insulting her - she refuses - accuses him of interfering in Jane's and Wickham's lives - she is upset and agitated
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 35
Darcy gives Elizabeth a letter - He explains his conduct in Jane's affair - reveals Wickham's true nature and attempted elopement with Georgiana
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 36
At first, Elizabeth declares that the letter must be false - rationally analyzes all that Wickham and Darcy said and did - realises that Wickham is false - she acknowledges the truth in Darcy's accusations about her family - Darcy and Fitzwilliam leave after waiting to meet Elizabeth
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 37
Lady Catherine asks Elizabeth to stay for some more time in Hunsford - Elizabeth says she must go - she is convinced more and more that Darcy is justified in his feelings and behavior
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 38
(May 1812) Elizabeth and Maria leave Hunsford - They stay with the Gardiners for a few days - Jane goes back with them to Longbourn
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 39
Kitty and Lydia meet their sisters - Lydia gives news of Mary King's departure - Elizabeth realises her feelings are as coarse as Lydia's - Lydia intends to go to Brighton
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 40
Elizabeth informs Jane about Darcy's proposal and letter - she conceals the information about Bingley - Jane feels sorry for Darcy - Jane still feels for Bingley
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 41
Mrs.Forster invites Lydia to Brighton - her parents allow her to go - Elizabeth tries to dissuade her father - Elizabeth hints to Wickham about his duplicity - Wickham takes leave - Lydia departs with the regiment to Brighton
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 42
(June 1812) Elizabeth realises her father has not been responsible all along - Gardiners' tour of the Lakes is altered - Gardiners take Elizabeth to Derbyshire - Mrs.Gardiner insists on visiting Pemberley
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 43 -- Book III Chapter I of Oxford edition
(August 1812) Elizabeth is awed - she realises she could have been the mistress - housekeeper verifies Darcy's account of Wickham - she praises Darcy - Darcy arrives - he is most cordial to Elizabeth and Gardiners
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 44
Darcy, Georgiana and Bingey call on Elizabeth - Gardiners are surprised - Darcy invites them to dine at Pemberley - Elizabeth's feelings for Darcy change
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 45
Elizabeth and Gardiners go to Pemberley - Bingley's sisters are cold - Caroline tries to taunt Elizabeth, criticizes her after she leaves - Darcy declares Elizabeth is handsome
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 46
Two letters arrive from Jane - Lydia has eloped with Wickham - Darcy arrives - Elizabeth gives him the news and cries - Darcy is shocked - Elizabeth and Gardiners leave for Longbourn
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 47
Gardiners and Elizabeth reach Longbourn - Mr.Bennet has gone in search of Lydia - Mrs.Bennet blames everyone else - Jane gives Elizabeth all the news, both discuss the development
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 48
Mr.Gardiner goes to London to assist Mr.Bennet - Collins writes condemning Lydia's elopement - news of Wickham's gambling, debts - Mr.Bennet arrives from London - he takes responsibility
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 49
Mr.Gardiner letter arrives - Wickham's debts are to be settled, he and Lydia are to be married - Mr.Bennet believes Mr.Gardiner has paid Wickham a huge amount of money - he decides to repay Mr.Gardiner
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 50
Mr.Bennet regrets not having saved money - Mrs.Bennet is elated - Elizabeth regrets having informed Darcy - she realises she would like to marry him - Mr.Gardiner writes, refuses to accept payment from Mr.Bennet - Wickham is to join the regulars - Lydia wants to visit Longbourn
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 51
(September 1812) Lydia and Wickham marry - they visit Longbourn, stay for ten days - Lydia is proud of Wickham and her marriage - Lydia lets slip that Darcy attended her marrriage - Elizabeth writes to Mrs.Gardiner asking for details
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 52
Mrs.Gardiner's letter arrives - Darcy's role in the marriage is disclosed - she hints at Elizabeth's marriage to Darcy - Wickham interrupts her - she hints that she knows the truth about him
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 53
Lydia and Wickham leave - news of Bingley's arrival - Mrs.Bennet asks Mr.Bennet to call on him - he refuses - Bingley arrives - he visits Longbourn with Darcy, resumes his attention towards Jane - Darcy is silent
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 54
Dinner at Longbourn - Bingley and Darcy arrive - Bingley is most attentive towards Jane - Elizabeth and Darcy scarcely speak - Bennets pleased with the party
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 55
Bingley visits Longbourn - Mrs.Bennet invites him for dinner the next day - she arranges for Bingley to be alone with Jane - Bingley doesnt propose - he is invited to shoot birds the next day - Bingley proposes to Jane, she accepts - everyone is happy
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 56
(October 1812) Lady Catherine de Bourgh visits Longbourn - she insults Elizabeth, asks her to promise she will not marry Darcy - Elizabeth refuses - Lady Catherine leaves angrily - Elizabeth lies to her mother that Lady Catherine had nothing to say
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 57
Collins writes to Mr.Bennet - warns Elizabeth not to marry Darcy
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 58
Bingley and Darcy arrive at Longbourn - Elizabeth thanks Darcy for his role in Lydia's marriage - Darcy proposes again - Elizabeth accepts
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 59
Elizabeth announces her engagement to Jane - Jane is incredulous - Darcy and Bingley arrive at Longbourn - Darcy asks Mr.Bennet for consent - Mr.Bennet is shocked and happy - Mrs.Bennet thrilled
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 60
Darcy and Elizabeth converse freely - Gardiners, Lady Catherine, Caroline and Georgiana are informed about the two engagements
Pride & Prejudice: Chapter 61
Jane marries Bingley - Elizabeth marries Darcy - Kitty's behavior improves - Elizabeth and Jane pay for Lydia and Wickham often - Georgiana grows fond of Elizabeth - Gardiners are welcome guests at Pemberley
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