The Question and Answer section for Pride and Prejudice is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Mr. Bingley's absence causes Elizabeth to question her judgement... her trust in first impressions. The irony of this can be found in the fact that Elizabeth, who always saw herself a rational and perceptive person, is hurt by her own...
The above quote was found in one of Austen's letters that was written to a friend (?). In the letter, she describes her work as "The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much...
Allegory:
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Allusion:
“I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love”. (Chapter 9)
Hyperbole:
“I shall be miserable if I...
