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Chapter 1
Mrs. Bennet tells her husband that a wealthy young man named Bingley has rented Netherfield Park nearby.
Chapter 2
Mr. Bennet has visited Bingley but told no one.
Chapter 3
The Bennet family attends a local ball where they meet Bingley and his party, including the proud and standoffish Mr.
Chapter 4
Jane and Elizabeth talk privately after the ball. Jane is quietly enthusiastic about Bingley and all his friends.
Chapter 5
The Bennet family visits their neighbors, the Lucases, to discuss the ball. Mrs.
Chapter 6
The neighborhood socializing continues, and Jane and Bingley's mutual attraction becomes obvious to everyone. Elizabeth and Charlotte Lucas disagree about how openly a woman shoul…
Chapter 7
Mr. Bennet has entailed his estate away from his daughters, meaning they will inherit nothing and must marry well.
Chapter 8
Elizabeth stays at Netherfield to nurse Jane, and the reader gets the first extended look at how she handles the Bingley sisters and Darcy in close quarters.
Chapter 9
Mrs. Bennet and the younger sisters visit Netherfield to check on Jane.
Chapter 10
Jane is still recovering, and Elizabeth continues staying at Netherfield. Darcy and Elizabeth spar more openly, with Bingley and Miss Bingley watching.
Chapter 11
Jane is still unwell at Netherfield, so Elizabeth stays on. She and Darcy have their first real sparring session in the drawing room, with Miss Bingley watching jealously from the…
Chapter 12
Elizabeth and Jane prepare to leave Netherfield and return home. Elizabeth is relieved to go.
Chapter 13
A letter arrives at Longbourn from Mr. Collins, a cousin who will inherit the Bennet estate when Mr.
Chapter 14
Mr. Collins joins the family for dinner and makes himself at home in the most irritating way possible.
Chapter 15
Mr. Collins decides he wants to marry one of the Bennet daughters and settles on Elizabeth after being told Jane may already be spoken for.
Chapter 16
Elizabeth gets her first extended conversation with Wickham at a card party hosted by the Philipses. He tells her a long, sympathetic story about how Darcy wronged him by withhold…
Chapter 17
Elizabeth tells Jane everything Wickham said about Darcy. Jane, characteristically, tries to find a way both men can be innocent.
Chapter 18
The Netherfield ball is a disaster for Elizabeth's composure. Wickham doesn't show up.
Chapter 19
Collins proposes to Elizabeth in a long, self-congratulatory speech. Elizabeth refuses him clearly and more than once.
Chapter 20
The fallout from Elizabeth's refusal of Collins plays out in the Bennet household. Mrs.
Chapter 21
Two letters arrive that shake up the Bennet household. The first reveals that Bingley's whole party is leaving Netherfield for London, with no clear plan to return.
Chapter 22
Mr. Collins, rejected by Elizabeth, moves with remarkable speed and proposes to Charlotte Lucas.
Chapter 23
The engagement between Collins and Charlotte becomes public knowledge in the Bennet household. Mrs.
Chapter 24
Jane receives another letter from Miss Bingley that makes it clear Bingley has no plans to return to Hertfordshire. Jane finally lets herself feel the disappointment.
Chapter 25
Mr. and Mrs.
Chapter 26
Jane's letters to Elizabeth confirm that Bingley has left Netherfield for good, and Jane tries hard to hide how much this hurts her.
Chapter 27
Elizabeth prepares to visit Charlotte at Hunsford with Sir William Lucas and Maria. Before she leaves, she has a conversation with her aunt, Mrs.
Chapter 28
Elizabeth arrives at Hunsford and sees Charlotte's new home for the first time. Collins gives a tour of the parsonage and nearby grounds with obvious pride.
Chapter 29
Elizabeth is invited to dine at Rosings with Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Lady Catherine dominates the evening, asking intrusive questions and offering unsolicited opinions on everyt…
Chapter 30
Elizabeth settles into a routine at Hunsford. She visits Rosings regularly with Collins and Maria, and she gets to know Colonel Fitzwilliam, who is easy and pleasant company.
Chapter 31
Colonel Fitzwilliam and Darcy visit Rosings, where Lady Catherine holds court and expects everyone to perform for her entertainment.
Chapter 32
Darcy begins calling at the parsonage more frequently, often arriving when Charlotte and Mr. Collins are out so he ends up alone with Elizabeth.
Chapter 33
Elizabeth walks in the park and keeps running into Darcy, which she finds odd. She also has a long conversation with Colonel Fitzwilliam, who casually mentions that Darcy recently…
Chapter 34
Darcy arrives at the parsonage while Elizabeth is alone and proposes. He tells her he loves her but makes it clear he has fought the feeling because her family is beneath him soci…
Chapter 35
The morning after the proposal, Darcy finds Elizabeth walking and hands her a letter. The letter is long and covers two things: his reasons for separating Bingley from Jane, and t…
Chapter 36
Elizabeth re-reads Darcy's letter multiple times, forcing herself to examine it honestly rather than dismiss it. She gradually accepts that she has been wrong about both Darcy and…
Chapter 37
Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam leave Rosings. Elizabeth is relieved Darcy is gone but cannot stop thinking about the letter and what it means for how she has seen people.
Chapter 38
Elizabeth says goodbye to Charlotte and leaves Hunsford with Sir William Lucas and Maria. She reflects on Charlotte's life there and feels the sadness of a friend who has made a p…
Chapter 39
Elizabeth and Maria stop at an inn and meet Kitty and Lydia, who have come from Meryton. Lydia is loud and self-satisfied, full of gossip and excited about the regiment's upcoming…
Chapter 40
Elizabeth is back at Longbourn and tells Jane about Darcy's proposal and letter. She shares the truth about Wickham, though they agree not to expose him publicly since it would hu…
Chapter 41
Lydia gets permission to spend the summer in Brighton with the militia regiment, despite Elizabeth's serious objections to Mr.
Chapter 42
Elizabeth reflects on her parents' marriage as she prepares to leave with the Gardiners. She sees clearly that her father married a woman he found amusing but does not respect, an…
Chapter 43
Elizabeth visits Pemberley with the Gardiners, expecting Darcy to be away. The estate impresses her immediately, and she begins to reconsider her opinion of him based on what she…
Chapter 44
Darcy visits Elizabeth the next morning at the inn with his sister Georgiana. Bingley also comes along.
Chapter 45
Elizabeth and the Gardiners visit Pemberley again to call on Georgiana. Caroline Bingley and Mrs.
Chapter 46
Elizabeth receives two letters from Jane while visiting Pemberley with the Gardiners. The letters reveal that Lydia has run off with Wickham, and the family fears they are not mar…
Chapter 47
The Gardiners and Elizabeth travel back to Longbourn. On the road, Elizabeth reflects on Wickham's character and her own failure to warn people about him.
Chapter 48
The search for Lydia and Wickham in London goes nowhere. Mr.
Chapter 49
Good news finally arrives. Mr.
Chapter 50
The family waits for Lydia and Wickham to visit before they go to Newcastle. Mr.
Chapter 51
Lydia returns home after her marriage to Wickham, completely unaware of the scandal she caused or the effort others made to save her.
Chapter 52
Mrs. Gardiner's reply arrives and tells Elizabeth everything.
Chapter 53
Wickham and Lydia leave Longbourn to join his regiment. Shortly after, news arrives that Bingley is returning to Netherfield.
Chapter 54
Bingley and Darcy visit Longbourn again. Bingley is warm and attentive to Jane, and it's becoming obvious to everyone that he still cares for her.
Chapter 55
Bingley proposes to Jane, and she accepts. The whole Bennet household erupts in happiness.
Chapter 56
Lady Catherine de Bourgh arrives at Longbourn unannounced and demands a private audience with Elizabeth. She has heard rumors that Darcy intends to propose to Elizabeth and is fur…
Chapter 57
Mr. Bennet receives a letter from Mr.
Chapter 58
Darcy returns to the neighborhood with Bingley, and during a walk with Elizabeth, he brings up her conversation with Lady Catherine.
Chapter 59
Elizabeth has to tell her family about the engagement. She tells Jane first, and Jane is so surprised she barely believes it.
Chapter 60
Elizabeth and Darcy discuss how they will explain the engagement to others, particularly given how publicly Elizabeth seemed to dislike him.
Chapter 61
The final chapter wraps up the fates of nearly every character. Jane and Bingley settle nearby, Lydia and Wickham keep drifting from place to place and from relative to relative l…
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