{"product_id":"2940014066884","title":"PRIDE AND PREJUDICE","description":"Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003eIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a\u003cbr\u003ewife.\u003cbr\u003eHowever little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this\u003cbr\u003etruth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of\u003cbr\u003esome one or other of their daughters.\u003cbr\u003e\"My dear Mr. Bennet,\" said his lady to him one day, \"have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?\"\u003cbr\u003eMr. Bennet replied that he had not.\u003cbr\u003e\"But it is,\" returned she; \"for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.\"\u003cbr\u003eMr. Bennet made no answer.\u003cbr\u003e\"Do you not want to know who has taken it?\" cried his wife impatiently.\u003cbr\u003e\"You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.\"\u003cbr\u003eThis was invitation enough.\u003cbr\u003e\"Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune\u003cbr\u003efrom the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so\u003cbr\u003emuch delighted with it, that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before\u003cbr\u003eMichaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"What is his name?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Bingley.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Is he married or single?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine\u003cbr\u003ething for our girls!\"\u003cbr\u003e\"How so? How can it affect them?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"My dear Mr. Bennet,\" replied his wife, \"how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of\u003cbr\u003ehis marrying one of them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Is that his design in settling here?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Design! Nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and\u003cbr\u003etherefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"I see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps\u003cbr\u003ewill be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley may like you the best of the party.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"My dear, you flatter me. I certainly have had my share of beauty, but I do not pretend to be anything\u003cbr\u003eextraordinary now. When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 2\u003cbr\u003ebeauty.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"In such cases, a woman has not often much beauty to think of.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"But, my dear, you must indeed go and see Mr. Bingley when he comes into the neighbourhood.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"It is more than I engage for, I assure you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"But consider your daughters. Only think what an establishment it would be for one of them. Sir William and\u003cbr\u003eLady Lucas are determined to go, merely on that account, for in general, you know, they visit no newcomers.\u003cbr\u003eIndeed you must go, for it will be impossible for us to visit him if you do not.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"You are over-scrupulous, surely. I dare say Mr. Bingley will be very glad to see you; and I will send a few\u003cbr\u003elines by you to assure him of my hearty consent to his marrying whichever he chooses of the girls; though I\u003cbr\u003emust throw in a good word for my little Lizzy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"I desire you will do no such thing. Lizzy is not a bit better than the others; and I am sure she is not half so\u003cbr\u003ehandsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydia. But you are always giving her the preference.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"They have none of them much to recommend them,\" replied he; \"they are all silly and ignorant like other\u003cbr\u003egirls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have\u003cbr\u003eno compassion for my poor nerves.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you\u003cbr\u003emention them with consideration these last twenty years at least.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Ah, you do not know what I suffer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"But I hope you will get over it, and live to see many young men of four thousand a year come into the\u003cbr\u003eneighbourhood.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"It will be no use to us, if twenty such should come, since you will not visit them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Depend upon it, my dear, that when there are twenty, I will visit them all.\"\u003cbr\u003eMr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice, that the experience of\u003cbr\u003ethree-and-twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character. Her mind was less\u003cbr\u003edifficult to develop. She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When\u003cbr\u003eshe was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married;\u003cbr\u003eits solace was visiting and news.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 3\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2\u003cbr\u003eMr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always intended to visit him,\u003cbr\u003ethough to the last always assuring his wife that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was paid\u003cbr\u003eshe had no knowledge of it. It ...","brand":"All classic book warehouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180580880624,"sku":"2940014066884","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014066884_p0.jpg?v=1763600177","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014066884","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}