Pride & Prejudice: Discussion, Chapters 11 & 12 & NEW CHAPTERS!

So, short and sweet...here are key points from chapters 11 & 12 :) ENJOY!

 

Chapter Eleven

• That night after dinner, Jane is well enough to come down for a few hours. Mr. Bingley is so glad to see her, he hardly pays attention to anybody else.
• Miss Bingley tries to keep Mr. Darcy’s attention and fails. She pouts about Mr. Bingley’s plan to give a ball at Netherfield – balls are so boring when the people who attend are so beneath you – but she fails to dissuade him from the idea.
• Miss Bingley asks Elizabeth to parade up and down the room with her. She wants to show off her fine figure to Mr. Darcy.
• When Miss Bingley asks Mr. Darcy to join them in walking up and down the room, he refuses, saying that would ruin her reason for walking back and forth – that is, she is either sharing gossipy secrets with Elizabeth or they realize that their figures look best when they are walking about and are trying to get attention. How could he possibly notice their fine figures if he joined them?
• Much to Miss Bingley’s disgust, the conversation soon grows into banter between Darcy and Elizabeth. She tells him his main fault is his inclination to hate everybody; her defect, he tells her, is to intentionally misunderstand them.

Chapter Twelve

• Elizabeth is anxious to get back home; she is afraid they are overstaying their welcome. Yet her mother is anxious for them to remain, hoping that the longer Jane is at Netherfield, the greater the chances are of a proposal from Mr. Bingley. To this end, she refuses to send a carriage to bring her daughters home.
• Elizabeth and Jane ask if the Bingleys will send them home in their carriage. They are induced to stay for one more day, for the sake of Jane’s health, and then they will be allowed to go home.
• We learn that Miss Bingley likes Jane, but she is jealous of Elizabeth.
• Knowing that he only has to control his passion for one more day, Darcy avoids Elizabeth like she has cooties. Or the plague. When they’re left alone for a half-hour in the study, he pretends to be absorbed in his book.
• The next day, Mr. Darcy is glad to see them go. He is too attracted to Elizabeth and Miss Bingley teases him too much about the young lady for his comfort, especially since there is some real truth in her teasing.

So.....these chapters were very easy to follow.

As you know, Darcy and Elizabeth are starting to become attracted to each other and it happens to have a great impact on more than just the two of them.

Some people are jealous, and others are overjoyed.

While others don't even realize that it is happening.

The one question I wanted to ask, is......

Do you truly think that Darcy & Elizabeth deserve each other?The way that they act can sometimes be seen as rude or at times  prideful......{Pride & Prejudice} *cough cough :)

I don't want comments answering this question, I just want you to think about it as you read the novel.

Anyway, this discussion, was mostly just a catch up discussion for those of you who have not been able to follow along with the rest of us, and since this week has been a slow one, I'm going to go ahead and assign the next chapters! :D

So, next week is Christmas, but I'll still be posting!

We should read chapters 13-20.

I know! I know! 8 Chapters is too many!

But, the story moves along at a good pace and

I don't want us to get too far behind.

This book is going to take much more than 1 month to read, but I hope not more than 2 months! :)

KEEP READING!

I love this book, hopefully you'll love it too <3

Optimistically, Bethany Lea :)))