Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy's relationship is at the crux of the book. They both have to change a little bit in order for them to end up together. There are opportunities for men and women to be sort of alone but with each other whether that's like sitting next to each other at dinner or dancing together or whatever. These are these are thinly veiled like speed dating wellYeah it's like yeah oh yeah you can't just let them go wander the garden no no because that would be inappropriate yeah but you can have like whisper time at the dinner table Yeah i mean that's that's a big thing about this book is like everybody's all hung up on class and and you know
This week, we take another run at Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is, in Andrew's words, "a book where a bunch of people eventually get married to each other.
"It's also more than that, of course—it gives us an opportunity to talk about class, wealth, social standing, love, the institution of marriage, Milton Bradley jingles, and one Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy (Fitzy to his friends).
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