honestly besides the romance my favorite part of pride and prejudice has to be how much of a complete Disaster the bennet family is,,,,,,,like mr bennet is sarcastic af and never tells his family anything until like the hour before it happens (“btw ur cousin that you’ve never even met before and who could throw ur asses out on the streets one day is coming for dinner at 4”),,,,,mrs bennet is the total Can I Speak To The Manager mom who always threatens to pass out even if she’s never passed out once in her entire life,,,,lydia practically stalks military men and was once voted most likely to run away from home forever for a laugh,,,,,kitty would probably burn the house down if lydia told her it was a good idea,,,,,mary is the epitome of that one person who memorizes only six lines from a textbook and says “knowledge is power” for three days after,,,,,,,,jane would practically apologize to someone who was stabbing her,,,,and im almost 1000% sure that elizabeth has at least once stood up on the dining room table and yelled at her family “fight me then” when she’s angry,,,,,,literally the original sitcom family
I just rewatched the entirety of the 1995 series and this is precisely my sentiment
and that put paid to it. i wonder who first discovered the power of poetry in driving away love? i thought that poetry was the food of love. of a fine stout love, it may. but if it is only a vague inclination i’m convinced one poor sonnet will kill it stone dead.
Mr. Darcy seeing Elizabeth all ruffled up after walking three miles and being so uncomfortably turned on that he canβt speak is still one of the funniest scenes in any book Iβve read.
