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"...neither rational happiness nor worldly prosperity, could be justly expected for her sister..."

lydia's fate is genuinely a tragedy :(

"How despicably have I acted!" she cried--"I, who have prided myself on my discernment!"

the 1995 BBC version, while the superior adaptation, did miss this part of the book, in which Lizzy realizes the extent of her own blindness towards wickham's behavior

"As he said this, she could easily see that he had no doubt of a favorable answer. He spoke of apprehension and anxiety, but his countenance expressed real security."

how fucking delicious it is that this man of wealth and power, who is so certain of himself, gets brought low by a woman of little consequence