HELP:I need to find Quotes from the Book Pride and Prejudice that relate to the setting NO SPARKNOTES PLEASE?

Question

HELP:I need to find Quotes from the Book Pride and Prejudice that relate to the setting NO SPARKNOTES PLEASE?

Answer 1

Find the passages about how much money the Bennetts bring in each year, and how much is left to the children when Mr. Bennett dies.

That, and the fact that they live in the country, tells you a whole lot about the social setting in which the characters move.

Answer 2

Here's a quote by Mr. Darcy from chapter 9, when Elizabeth is staying at Netherfield Park during Jane's illness and Mrs. Bennet comes to check on Jane: "The country,'' said Darcy, ``can in general supply but few subjects for such a study. In a country neighbourhood you move in a very confined and unvarying society.'' It's talking about the area in which the Bennets live.

This is from chapter 28 (when Elizabeth is going to visit Charlotte after her marriage to Mr. Collins) - "When they left the high-road for the lane to Hunsford, every eye was in search of the Parsonage, and every turning expected to bring it in view. The palings of Rosings Park was their boundary on one side. Elizabeth smiled at the recollection of all that she had heard of its inhabitants.

"At length the Parsonage was discernable. The garden sloping to the road, the house standing in it, the green pales and the laurel hedge, everything declared that they were arriving."

There are far more, of course, but I hope this helps. You can search for more at this site http://www.online-literature.com/austen/... - it allows you to search for words and phrases in a story. There is a bit of setting shown at the Gardiners' house in London, Darcy's Pemberley estate, the Darbyshire town of Lambton and more.

The setting as it refers to the time and societal classes is more subtle, but examples could be given. For instance, the fact that soldiers are stationed in a town and, towards the end, Wickham has to go into the regular army (meaning the war has stopped) gives you the general time frame.

The fact that special troops of soldiers were formed tells you there is a threat from France. The French Revolutionary wars were about 1789-1802, but the war between Britain and France was between 1803-1815. Since the book was originally written in 1797-98 as First Impressions but then updated and revised before being published as Pride and Prejudice in 1813, you can assume the time is during the Napoleonic wars (1803-1815). That's the period in which England felt a threat of invasion from France. Napoleon, after all, was determined to conquer the world and had invaded various countries already.

Answer 3

These links have quite a few good ones, and they give you the chapter the quote came from.