A SELECTION OF IMAGES DRAWN FOR JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE NOVEL
A SELECTION OF IMAGES DRAWN FOR JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE NOVEL
These are images that were drawn by Charles E. Brock and others back in the early 19th century for insertion into the early printings of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice novel. Some are very faded, and not in the order of the story. I will try to identify what is happening in the images.
1.
The caption reads "Will you do me the honour of reading that letter." Darcy had just proposed to Lizzy (Elizabeth Bennet) in a most ungentlemanly manner wherein she criticized him for being mean to Wickham and breaking up the relationship between her sister Jane and Charles Bingley and refused his offer, and in the image Darcy is later handing Lizzy a letter. In the letter Darcy explains how Wickham had gambled away the money Darcy's father had left him, and tried to get Darcy's 15 year old sister to marry him because she was going to get a big inheritance, indicating what a horrid person Wickham actually was.
2.
The caption reads "Lydia interrupted him." I believe this to be when the Reverend Mr. Collins was reading Fordice's Sermons to the Bennet family after his first dinner with them.
3.
The Caption reads (with my additions) "She [Lizzy] perceived her sister [Jane] and Bingley standing together." This is most likely showing Bingley "making an offer" (proposing) to Jane, or just after having done so.
4.
The caption reads "You must allow me to present this young lady to you." Sir William Lucas is presenting Lizzy to Darcy at the Meryton Ball.
5.
The caption says " 'Read it aloud' said their father." It is a letter from Lizzy's uncle Mr. Gardiner that Mr. Bennet was asking Lizzy and Jane to read to him, a letter that says Lydia and Wickham have been found and would be getting married if Mr. Bennet would provide 100 pounds a year to Wickham.
6.
The caption reads "Come, Darcy" said he [Bingley] "I must have you dance." At the Meryton Ball Darcy was very aloof and not wishing to dance with anyone with whom he was not yet acquainted, and his friend Bingley is coaxing him to dance with one of the young ladies.
7.
Caption reads: "She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me." Darcy is responding to Bingley's suggestion that Darcy dance with Lizzy, and Lizzy overhears him say it.
8.
Caption: "And this offer of marriage you have refused?" The Reverend Mr. Collins has proposed to Lizzy and she refused him. Mrs. Bennet flipped out about it because such a marriage would guarantee that when Mr. Bennet dies the house would remain in the family because Collins was going to inherit it. She demanded that Mr. Bennet talk Lizzy into marrying him. He has responded by asking that question (and following that he would not give his consent for it).
9.
Caption: "Lizzy" said he "are you out of your senses to be marrying this man." Up until this point the family hated Mr. Darcy, but Lizzy discovered that he was actually a wonderful person having secretly done very beneficial things for the family, that he did mostly to please LIzzy, so she realized that she loved him and wanted to marry him. When her father was told about those things, and was convinced Lizzy truly loved Darcy, he gave her his consent.
10.
Caption: "Her ladyship, with great condescension, arose to greet them." After Lizzy's best friend Charlotte Lucas was married to the Reverend Mr. Collins, Lizzy visited Charlotte at the parsonage at the estate of Lady Catherine de Burgh. This image shows Charlotte and Lizzy when they came to visit Lady Catherine.
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I will assume that this article will be of interest only to those who have read Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice, maybe even to those who have seen one of the movie adaptations of the novel.
Never read Pride and Prejudice myself but did see Pride and Prejudice and Zombies a couple of weeks ago.
Having been required by my 3rd year high school English teacher to read and do a book report on P & P turned me on to the extent that I majored in English Literature for the first of my Bachelor of Arts degrees. There are many people, like myself, who have read it many times over.
As for P & P and Zombies, I consider it an abomination of the novel, but worth viewing just for the experience.
I think my favorite is the one with Lydia and Collins. It's a moment that never really makes it into a movie, but illustrates both of their characters so well
Yes, we only got to see the Intent to read the sermons in the movie (and the reaction of the family to that "threat"). It is difficult for me to pick one, but I think I'll settle on number 3, Bingley at the time of his proposal to Jane. The image reflects the manner in which Lizzy walked in on the scene in the Colin Firth version, but not at all the Keira Knightly one. That is perhaps just one example of the superiority of the Colin Firth mini-series for its accuracy to the novel as compared to the Kiera Knightly movie.
I noticed that, too, and wondered if the director or actors had perhaps looked at these illustrations before making the miniseries.
Yes, that's an interesting thought.
By the way, Sandy, am I fairly accurate in my descriptions posted after the captions? The only one I know is inaccurate, and I did it on purpose to save a long explanation, was with respect to Darcy's letter to Jane. I didn't want to get into the intended gift of the parsonage to Wickham who had indicated a desire to become the pastor, but then took the money in place of that benefit instead.
The only slight inaccuracy I noticed was that Sir William Lucas tried to persuade Darcy to dance with Elizabeth at an impromptu dance at Lucas Lodge, rather than at the Meryton Ball. Darcy was already upset about the rowdiness of the dance, but was willing to overlook it in order to dance with her. However, she turned him down. This was some time after he had declared her "tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me," and he had changed his mind by then.
I doubt many would have remembered. I practically know the novels word for word. I may have a problem.
I wasn't sure where the ball was, I only know it wasn't at Netherfield.