Pride and Prejudice Chapters 21-23

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01/14/20 • 64 min

Chapter 21: Collins is....still at Longbourn. Jane gets a foreboding letter from Netherfield. Topics include "warm peppermint liquid" ASMR, heartbreak, codependency, the introduction of Georgie Darcy (!?!?!?!?), multiple Luke Skywalkers, everyone marrying their cousins, and Bingliana.

Chapter 22: Dinner with the Lucases. Charlotte occupies Collins' time with conversation, leading to the biggest plot twist of all time. PROPOSAL NUMBER TWO! Topics include the economics of dating in the Jane Austen universe (surprise), Santa daddy, entailment, Charlotte fucks, fanfic of Collins and Mary as beards, Charlotte as the heiress of Longbourn, Lizzy's suitors, and pouring one out on Becca's floor.

Chapter 23: The formal announcement of Collins and Charlotte's marriage. Topics include Lady Lucas's comeback, self love, the business of lovemaking, Mrs. Bennet's rapid disintegration, and Molly's crush on Daddy Bennet (what else is new?).

And that's the end of Volume the First! Note: not all copies of this book are broken into volumes, so don't worry if yours isn't!

Study questions: Topics include Bingley's betrayal, Collins's approach to his second proposal, Charlotte's decision, the single men in possession of good fortunes who are in want of wives, too many characters, vanity vs. pride.

What's next? Wickham meeting the parents? Will the story leave Longbourn? Do we get to see Baby DB and Darcy together? We try to lay out the web of love.

Funniest quote: "Lady Lucas began directly to calculate with more interest than the matter had every excited before, how many years longer Mr. Bennet was likely to live.

Questions moving forward? How, what, when, where, why?

Who wins the chapters?: ....no...one? Mr. Bennet wins by process of elimination.

Glossary of Terms and Phrases:

Bewail (v): express great regret, disappointment, or bitterness over something, like your daughter's suitor leaving and never coming back.

Pull a Jane (v): to catch a cold on a horse.

Glossary of People and Things:

You've Got Mail, Jameela Jamil, Broad City, Girls

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And that's the end of Volume the First! Note: not all copies of this book are broken into volumes, so don't worry if yours isn't!

What's next? Wickham meeting the parents? Will the story leave Longbourn? Do we get to see Baby DB and Darcy together? We try to lay out the web of love.

Funniest quote: "Lady Lucas began directly to calculate with more interest than the matter had every excited before, how many years longer Mr. Bennet was likely to live.

Questions moving forward? How, what, when, where, why?

Who wins the chapters?: ....no...one? Mr. Bennet wins by process of elimination.

Glossary of Terms and Phrases:

Bewail (v): express great regret, disappointment, or bitterness over something, like your daughter's suitor leaving and never coming back.

Pull a Jane (v): to catch a cold on a horse.

Glossary of People and Things:

You've Got Mail, Jameela Jamil, Broad City, Girls

Support for Pod and Prejudice also comes from Snacklins. Go to their website at www.snacklins.com and use our code PODANDPREJUDICE20 for 20% off your first order.

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Be sure to let us know which is creepier: marrying your cousin, or marrying your in-law?

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Pride and Prejudice Chapters 19-20

Chapter 19: Collins's first proposal! Topics include Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson's divorce, this book as a murder mystery, no means no, "You're not like other girls," and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Chapter 20: The aftermath of Collins's proposal! Topics include the very first Mr. Bennet fangirl, Collins putting Lizzy on a pedestal, Mrs. B's nerves, Charlotte as a part of the family, and Collins's Tumblr shitposting.

Study Questions:

Topics include the first proposal, Fiddler on the Roof, Daddy B vs. Mrs. B, what we've learned about Collins, predictions for Collins' future (Does Mr. Bennet DIE? Does Collins marry Mary?), Lizzy's rejection, Lickham, Molly's Jingley predictions, and our dating lives.

Funniest quote: "Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do."

Questions moving forward: Is this the end of Collins?

Who wins the chapter? Lizzy!

Glossary of terms:

Apophasis (n): the raising of an issue by claiming not to mention itDiffidence (n): modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence.

Coquetry (n): flirtatious behavior.

Dig that hole and try to fill it up (v): a self defense mechanism where one says something stupid and immediately says the opposite multiple times in one paragraph.

Negging (v): an act of emotional manipulation whereby a person makes a deliberate backhanded compliment or otherwise flirtatious remark to another person to undermine their confidence and increase their need of the manipulator's approval.

Of course (phrase): when events follow a path laid out for them by society or law, as in: "His words are just words of course."

Glossary of people:

Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Agatha Christie, Zachary Quinto, Ashley Tisdale, Donald Sutherland

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Pride and Prejudice Vol. II Chapters 1-4

Chapter 1: Jane receives a letter from Caroline confirming all our fears. Highlights include friendzoning, furniture, foreshadowing, (gonna have to break this stream of F words) taking a compliment, being led on, Baby D, Molly's crush on Daddy B, and a suspicion about Wickham and Darcy.

Chapter 2: Christmas time! Collins finally leaves and we get some aunt/niece gossip time. Highlights include sexist floof, Mrs. Gardiner, "violently in love," LEAVING LONGBOURN, Fitzwilliam Darcy (???), and what Molly's face looks like when she finishes this chapter.

Chapter 3: A warning against Wickham. Jane leaves for London, Charlotte comes to say goodbye and Lizzy promises to come to Hunsford. Highlights include the Economics of Dating in Jane Austen TM, bitchcrackers, letters getting lost in the mail, Jane Austen in a rocking chair, Jane ALMOST sensing duplicity on Caroline's part, and a NEW LOVER for Wickham.

Chapter 4: Two months fly by, and Lizzy goes to visit Jane. Lizzy and Mrs. Gardiner spill the tea to each other, and Lizzy gets invited on a summer hike. Highlights include an argument over a common saying, a big ol' dad joke, an unrealistic goodbye, April (???) , and Molly's Carrie Fisher impression.

Please let us know if you say "distance makes the heart grow fonder," or "absence makes the heart grow fonder."

Study questions: Topics include the transition into Volume the Second, the loss of Bingley and Wickham as suitors, Mrs. Gardiner, Wickham marrying up, gender expectations in this time period, traveling away from Longbourn, predictions about Hunsford (Baby de Bourgh, Charlotte, and DARCY??), and a RIP Jingley montage.

Funniest quote: "There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well." -Lizzy

Questions moving forward: Will we ever see Caroline again? Will we see Darcy at Hunsford?

Who wills the chapter? Mrs. Gardiner!

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Glossary of people, places, and things: Ryan Gosling, Francis Davison

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