#Jane bennet

[austenreusedcostumes]

This brown/purple dress is worn on Catherine Hannay as Jane Bennet in An American in Austen (2024) and later altred worn on Bethany Antonia as Marianne as Dashwood in Sense & Sensibility (2024)

[besotted-with-austen]

Mrs Bennet: I hate Mr Collins! Oh, how horrid he is, he want to snatch our home from us! I will never like him-

William Collins: I want to choose my life companion among your daughters!

Mrs Bennet: my dear Mr Collins! How wonderful you are! I am so sorry that I only have three daughters to offer you, but the eldest is basically with one foot on the parvis of the church, if you catch my drift! Do not be shy, pick anyone you like!

~sometime later~

Mrs Bennet, in bed: my poor, precious Lydia! That scoundrel Wickham! Your father will have to duel him and he will lose and die and Mr Collins and Charlotte will come and they will throw us on the street and we will die! Why us! Whyyyy?!

Elizabeth Bennet: Mother, Wickham and Lydia got married!

Mrs Bennet, miraculously healthy again: married! My precious Lydia married! My youngest was the first to get married! This is the best day of my life! I need to be congratulated for my good fortune! Let us talk to the servants, to the neighbours! Let us go to Meryton!

~even later~

Mrs Bennet: if I think about Mr Bingley…! No, I will not say what I think, for Jane’s sake! But if I could-

Kitty Bennet: Mamma, someone is coming! Hey, it is Mr Bingley! …And that other rude man!

Mrs Bennet: Mr Bingley is back! Mr Bennet-!

Mr Bennet: *lazily* do not “Mr Bennet me”, I will not go to him. If he wants to come, he will come.

Mrs Bennet: (little pause) …I see. Fine. We will be prepared. We need to be prepared, of course. Get the best cutlery we have, of course. Try to deep clean the house in three seconds, right?Jane, be prettier, you have to glow. We must be ready for anything.

Elizabeth Bennet: *slightly scared* for what?

Mrs Bennet: a proposal, Lizzy, a proposal! That’s everything!

~later later~

Mrs Bennet: why does that terrible Mr Darcy keep coming back? Can he not leave his friend’s side for a minute? Does he think he is gracing us with his presence? As I have been saying since the first time, he is the worst man I have ever had the displeasure to meet!

Elizabeth Bennet: Mother, I need to say something to you, it is very important-Mr Darcy asked for my hand, and I accepted him.

Mrs Bennet:

Elizabeth Bennet: *worried* Mom? Are you okay-

Mrs Bennet: I was so wrong, THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE! MR DARCY, MY SON-IN-LAW! Ooooh, Lady Lucas will be so jealous! My dear, precious Lizzy, I am so proud! Tell me, when will Mr Darcy grace us with his presence? Is he coming with Mr Bingley? What does he like? Chicken? Pig? I will even get him pineapple pizza if he asks!

[mrdarcy]

“A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

~ Jane Austen

[miss-carter]

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 2005 | dir. Joe Wright

[hotgirlbelle]

pride and prejudice (2005) behind the scenes via @focusfeatures on ig !!!

[ohmovie]

Yes. A thousand times, yes.

Jane Bennet & Charles Bingley PRIDE & PREJUDICE│2005

[doomed2repeat]

I need people to hear me out:

Colin Bridgerton is NOT this type of male lead:

He is this type of male lead:

And I love that.

[firawren]

Pride and Prejudice 1995 text posts, part 3 of ? - prev set, next set

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[femalescharacters]

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright

[mithrandirl]

[bennetsbonnet]

If Mrs Bennet was indeed the only one 'doing something about the situation' like I often see argued when Pride and Prejudice is discussed... surely she would have spent frugally to ensure her daughters had substantial dowries? Surely she would have employed governesses to educate her daughters to ensure they had the accomplishments necessary to enable them make a successful marriage? Surely she would not have relied on desperate schemes to throw her daughters in front of eligible men and instead allowed them to be judged on their merits?

And yet...

We are told in Chapter 50 that Mrs Bennet has 'no turn for economy,' and only Mr Bennet (a waste of space himself, mind you) prevents them from exceeding their income,

Elizabeth tells Lady Catherine in Chapter 29 that 'we never had any governess' and that 'those who chose to be idle, certainly might.' So even in the absence of having someone around at Longbourn who was entirely dedicated to the girls' education, no pressure was exerted upon them to study... and Elizabeth smilingly reassures Lady Catherine that Mrs Bennet was not a slave to their education,

In Chapter 18, thanks to 'a manoeuvre of Mrs. Bennet,' the party are the last to depart after the Netherfield ball and 'had to wait for their carriage a quarter of an hour after everybody else was gone.' Which is not only rude but highly embarrassing... but she really wanted Bingley and Jane to spend a few extra minutes together, just to make sure...

As you see, there were plenty of opportunities for Mrs Bennet to ensure her daughters were better prepared to find husbands. Yes, in marrying Mr Bennet, she married 'up,' and so might not have had these advantages herself (and Mr Bennet does share some of the blame).

But it's honestly somewhat of a miracle that Jane and Elizabeth turned out so well and were able to make such good marriages, even in spite of such a calamitous upbringing...

[didanagy]

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1995)

dir. simon langton

[arwen-evenstar]

Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir.: Joe Wright

[miss-carter]

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 2005 | dir. Joe Wright

[vardapilled]

"Oh my goodness. Everyone behave naturally. And whatever you do, do not appear overbearing."

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) Reuniting with Mr. Bingley

[wlwarhammer]

If I was mrs bennet I’d also loose my fucking shit because why am I the only one worried about destitution AND you’re all treating me like I’m crazy and hysterical for it