Pride & Prejudice. Is there evidence in the text that...?

Question

Lydia is Mrs Bennets favourite daughter?
And...


Is there evidence in the text, that the Bennets household has slaves?


Please list the chapter, and quote. Thanks.

Answer 1

There are plenty of evidence in the text that suggests that Lydia is Mrs. Bennets favourite daughter:
As Mrs. Bennet always criticises that other girls, but never Lydia.
Mary: "Mother! Lydia's lace has slipped!"
Mrs. Bennet: "Lydia always looks good, I wish I could say the same about you, you read too much"

After Lydia has been married to Wickham and is going to live "up north", Mrs. Bennet says she is going to miss Lydia most of all.

Lydia is the daughter who is just like her mother (just as silly), I imagine Lydia is just a younger version of her mother.

There is no mentioning of slaves in the text, to my knowledge. The only Jane Austen novel where slavery is mentioned is "Mansfield Park".
The Bennet household kept paid servants (Hill), which was very common in those days.
Slavery in Britain was partly abolished from 1772 and the novel is set around 1796, when Austen wrote the manuscript intending it to be called "First Impressions", however it wasn't published until 1813, under the title "Pride And Prejudice".

Answer 2

Lydia is definitely Mrs. Bennet's favorite daughter. And no, the Bennet's didn't have slaves. At this time, slavery was all but nonexistant in England, and anti-slavery feeling was high. The Bennets had servants, like other families of their class, but no slaves. It would have been considered very "ill bred" for a family in their position to keep slaves.

Answer 3

Lydia reminds Mrs B most of herself so you could probably say that means she's her favourite but her highest expectations are of Jane.

No, the Bennets didn't have slaves. They had servants like all normal middle and upper-class British families.

Answer 4

properly, they are not very rich. and there is likewise the actuality that Mrs. Bennet, Kitty, and Lydia are so ridiculous that there is a threat that persons will decide Elizabeth and Jane negatively in keeping with how those 3 act. possibly satisfaction additionally? the two Elizabeth or Mr. Darcy's satisfaction. Mr. Darcy comes for the duration of as very proud, and in turn Elizabeth's satisfaction is injury while she overhears him say that he would not desire to bounce together with her. additionally, for Jane, the satisfaction of Mr. Bingley's sister. it particularly is via fact of her satisfaction that she makes beneficial to chop up the two.

Answer 5

Lydia was the youngest, so the mother doted on her.

The Bennetts had servants, not slaves.

Answer 6

i completely agree with Philip H

Answer 7

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