Elizabeth is grateful to Charlotte for distracting Mr. Collins with conversation. He takes her interest in him seriously, throwing himself at her feet. Charlotte accepts him solely […]

  Collins is silent and resentful. He talks to Charlotte Lucas, for which Elizabeth is grateful. Mrs Bennet is still very angry with her daughter. The girls walk […]

  Mrs. Bennet is extremely upset at the news of the thwarted marriage proposal. In her mind, a match with Mr. Collins would have been advantageous in securing […]

  Mr Collins decides the moment for his proposal has arrived. He receives Mrs Bennet’s approval. Elizabeth is left alone with Collins. He explains that it is his […]

Mr Wickham is not present at the ball. Elizabeth is disappointed and angry with Darcy. She can hardly be civil to him. Dancing with Collins proves to be […]

    Led on by Mr Bennet, Mr Collins praises his patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and her kindness to him, which he regards as unusual, given her […]

  ‘Elizabeth related to Jane the next day what had passed between Mr. Wickham and herself. Jane listened with astonishment and concern; she knew not how to believe […]

  As no objection was made to the young people’s engagement with their aunt, and all Mr. Collins’s scruples of leaving Mr. and Mrs. Bennet for a single […]

  Mr. Collins was not a sensible man. His position as Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s pastor had brought conceit. He was a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance […]

  Mr Bennet tells his family that his cousin, Mr Collins, is coming to dinner. It is he who will inherit the Longbourn property on the death of […]