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- A feed, not a wall of text. 35 characters, 18 places, 16 objects and 5 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 34 passages of Pride and Prejudice sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Jane Austen wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
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The plot of Pride and Prejudice
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- Netherfield and the Insult
- Collins, Wickham, and the Ball
- Hunsford, the Proposal, and the Letter
- Pemberley and Lydia's Elopement
- Lady Catherine, Bingley, and the Return
The author's pen in Pride and Prejudice
The passages themselves, Jane Austen's own words, as Literah maps it.
- A Truth Universally Acknowledgedch. 1
- Mrs Bennet Makes Plansch. 2
- Not Handsome Enoughch. 3
- A Bad Day Answeredch. 7
- Elizabeth’s Hasty Walkch. 7
- The Accomplished Womanch. 8
- Mr. Darcy Is All Politenessch. 10
- Jane Was Firmch. 12
- Mr. Collins Makes Peacech. 13
- Elizabeth Condemns Darcych. 16
- Silent Contempt And Insolent Smilesch. 18
- Mr Collins Must Marrych. 19
- A Perfectly Serious Refusalch. 19
- A Comfortable Homech. 22
- Elizabeth’s Height as Measurech. 22
- Lady Catherine Questions Elizabethch. 29
- Strong Objections Against the Ladych. 33
- A Struggle Confessedch. 34
- No Gentlemanlike Mannerch. 34
- A Demand for Justicech. 35
The characters of Pride and Prejudice
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Elizabeth Bennetmajor
- Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcymajor
- Jane Bennetmajor
- Charles Bingleymajor
- George Wickhammajor
- Lydia Bennetmajor
- Mr. Bennetmajor
- Mrs. Bennetmajor
- Charlotte Lucasmajor
- Mr. Collinsmajor
- Lady Catherine de Bourghmajor
- Caroline Bingleysupporting
- Georgiana Darcysupporting
- Mr. Gardinersupporting
- Mrs. Gardinersupporting
- Kitty Bennetsupporting
The locations in Pride and Prejudice
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Longbournestate house
- Longbourn Librarylibrary
- Netherfield Parkrented estate
- Meryton and the Assembly Roomstown and public rooms
- Lucas Lodgefamily house
- Philips Housetown house
- Hunsford Parsonageparsonage
- Hunsford Lanescountry lanes
- Rosings Parkaristocratic estate
- Pemberleycountry estate
- Pemberley Groundsestate grounds
- Lambtonmarket town
- Derbyshirecounty
- Brightonseaside town
The core concepts in Pride and Prejudice
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- First impressions are pleasurable, powerful, and morally dangerous
- Marriage is personal desire under economic pressure
- Pride can become dignity, vanity, or blindness
- Letters transform rumor into evidence
- Private folly becomes public danger
- Self-knowledge begins when judgment turns inward
- Class and manners do not determine moral worth
- Domestic comedy conceals real consequences
The objects of note in Pride and Prejudice
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Darcy’s Letter
- Jane’s Letters About Lydia
- Mrs. Gardiner’s Explanatory Letter
- Caroline Bingley’s Letter to Jane
- Mr. Collins’s Letters
- The Longbourn Entail
- Pemberley Portrait of Darcy
- Netherfield Lease
- Netherfield Ball Invitation
- Fordyce’s Sermons
- Lydia’s Note to Mrs. Forster
- Lydia and Wickham’s Financial Settlement
- Marriage Announcement in the Papers
- Pianoforte
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