The Importance of a Good Fortune

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The first the first line of this book is um it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in one of a wife. The last person who you know looms very very large in this book who we have not talked about at all is mr darcy and he's like cantesai between fits jerel then william just crayon just.

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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