Posts Tagged ‘Elizabeth Bennet’

Almost everyone ‘knows’ that Elizabeth and Mr Darcy have dark hair, and that Jane and Mr. Bingley are blonde-ish. The idea is so ingrained that Jennifer Ehle dyed her eyebrows and left her hair unwashed for her audition for the 1995 series. Colin Firth’s ginger tendencies, as described by Andrew Davies, were one reason that [...]

Marriage in Pride and Prejudice
In Pride and Prejudice, Mrs Bennet’s pursuit of advantageous marriages for her daughters is obsessive, unrelenting and often counter-productive. Mr. Bennet considers his wife’s schemes ridiculous, while Elizabeth has, of course, decided that she will marry only for love. Elizabeth, like the first-time reader of Pride and Prejudice, is shocked [...]

Here are My Pride and Prejudice’s all-time Top 10 screenshots of Pride and Prejudice’s Elizabeth Bennet, ‘as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print.’ From the major Pride and Prejudice screen adaptations, we have images of Keira Knightley (2005), Jennifer Ehle (1995), Elizabeth Garvie (1980) and Greer Garson (1940.)

Upon rereading Pride and Prejudice the other day (or perhaps that should be re-re-re-re-re…reading it) I came to a most shocking realisation… The words Mr Darcy uses to propose to Elizabeth for the first time are not actually given to us in the book! We have only the first four introductory sentences of his speech. [...]

Pride and Prejudice’s Elizabeth Bennet’s independent and rebellious spirit is the principle reason she is one of English literature’s most loved characters. She is unintimidated by Mr. Darcy; unmoved by Mr. Collins’ appeals to her financial security when he proposes; and refuses to be silenced even by the formidable Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Elizabeth’s attitude, [...]