— Wikipedia,
Jane Austen (December 16th 1775 - July 18th 1817)
—
Wikipedia, Pride and Prejudice
—
Wikipedia, Joseph Mallord William Turner (April 23rd 1775 - December 19th 1851)
In this present Webpage, as in most others relating to Jane Austen and her Novels including Pride and Prejudice, the majority of subjects needing verification are Pictures, and are described in the relevant Section (Pictures 3A) as originating in the Turner Bequest of the Tate Museum Collection Online.
As mentioned in my said Pictures webpage, Jane Austen and JMW Turner were born in the same year, Turner on April 23rd and Austen on December 16th. By the time Turner created the above watercolours of Petworth in 1827 Jane Austen had been dead for ten years, but it appears to my inexpert eyes that Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Turner's watercolours share a similar delicacy of expression, economy, or efficiency, or whatever word best describes making a statement using the least possible words or brushstrokes, a certain playfulness, an attention to detail, an enjoyment of people, and as well as a curious modernity despite their dated subject matter.
I have given chapter and paragraph numbers of my quotations from Pride and Prejudice, for the benefit of viewers who might wish to find and re-read a favourite cited passage. I make use of three paperback copies in various states of disrepair, but pdf versions of all Austen Novels are available online at Pemberley.com, and elsewhere.
As a rule, however, my quotations serve unfortunately as an effort to convince rather than to delight.
. . . . .
HomePage 3A:— Literature's Building Blocks and Pride and Prejudice:
'It is a truth universally
acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good
fortune must be in want of a wife. ... '
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter One,
Paragraphs One and Two]
'THAT Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
is one of Literature's most artfully constructed
novels. In analyzing its construction ... '
[Page Content, My Paragraph 3]
I'm not entirely certain that I would have been capable of such a leap of faith had it not been for a coincidence approaching the miraculous insofar as concerns this website:—
In February of 2008, TV Ontario, our favourite television station and source of most things British, broadcast two BBC specials: (1) all six episodes of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice miniseries including the first two episodes which I had previously missed, and (2) Simon Thurley's 2006 eight-part The Buildings That Shaped Britain, and most particularly Episode 4, The Country House.
— TV Ontario
— Simon Thurley
— The
Buildings that Shaped Britain
Until that happened, my thoughts were focussed
mainly on the superior literary construction of Pride and Prejudice
as compared with Austen's other Novels, at which point it seemed
best to move that part of Jane Austen to a separate Folder
[b) The Novels of Jane Austen],
while retaining these present pages for discussion of Pride and Prejudice
and Architecture and Pride and Prejudice and Film.
. . . . .
Introduction 3A:— Fear and Loathing and the Filming of a beloved Novel:
'... For what do we live, but
to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh
at them in our turn?'
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume III, Chapter 15 (Ch 57),
Paragraph 22]
'... I remember as a child coming home from The
Count of Monte Cristo ... '
[Page Content, My Paragraph 1]
Wikipedia, The Count of Monte Cristo. According to Wikipedia, filmed versions of Alexandre Dumas's swashbuckling Novel were made in 1934 before I was born, and 1956 when I was no longer a child, so the movie house in Lachine must have been showing what was already an old, old film — I also remember my helpless rage intensified by scornful disappointment at watching the purported discovery by Edmond Dantès of chests of so-called priceless treasure depicted in unprepossessing black and white.
'[Mr. Darcy had] no sooner made clear to
himself and his friends ... ' 'And though he had detected ... '
[My Paragraphs 9 to 12]
[Volume I, Chapter Six, Paragraph 12]
'... What is the way of the eagle in the
air? ... '
[My Paragraph 19]
The King James Version of the Bible, Proverbs, Chapter 30, as found on the Internet from Bartleby.com:—
...
'18 There be three things which are too wonderful
for me, yea, four which I know not:'
'19 the way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.'
[I own an enormous Rembrandt King James Version bought from the Book of the Month Club fifty years ago, but for convenience's sake go to Bartleby like everyone else when I'm at the computer.]
'[I assure you, that if Darcy were
not such a great tall fellow ...'
[My Paragraph 35]
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Ten,
Paragraph 39]
. . . . .
Chapters 1 and 2: The Bennet Family, Cornerstone of the Novel
'MR. Bennet was among the earliest
of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always intended
... '
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Two,
Paragraph One]
'It is a truth universally acknowledged,
that a single picture is worth a thousand words. '
[Page Content, My Paragraph 1]
Pictures worth a thousand words, as found on www.phrases.org/uk,
'...the fact that they each have
favorite daughters and don't hesitate to say so:
(Mr. Bennet: they are all silly and ignorant like
other girls; but Lizzy has
something more of quickness than her sisters,
in response to his wife's tart statement: Lizzy is ... not
half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good
humoured as Lydia); ... '
[My Paragraphs 5]
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter One,
Paragraph 27 Mr Bennet; Paragraph 26 Mrs. Bennet]
... Mrs. Bennet's determination to marry
off each of her ... ''five grown-up daughters ...'
[My Paragraph 6]
[Volume I, Chapter One, Paragraph 20]
'... A single man of large fortune ...'
Chapter One, Paragraph 14]
... '[Austen's] clergyman father is said
to have submitted the manuscript to a publisher
friend ...'
[My Paragraph 9]
see
—
Wikipedia, Pride and Prejudice
Film: 'It is a truth universally
acknowledged ... '
[My Paragraph 17]
[paraphrasing Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter One,
Paragraphs One and Two]
Architecture: "Discussion of use of words
'cornerstone', 'pillar', 'foundation', 'base' ..."
[My Paragraphs 20 to 24]
[Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Sixth Edition]
['Sir Banister Fletcher's majestic A History of Architecture,
Sixteenth Edition, published 1956, which I was fortunate enough to
acquire at a church booksale, and carried home on the bus with other
precious acquisitions ...'
Note that the Twentieth Edition, published 1996, is still available new from
Amazon, while the Fifth Edition, published 1905,
is available online in the Archives of Openlibrary.org']
. . . . .
Chapter 3: Foundation (1), The Meryton Assembly, or Laying the Framework
'... Mr. Darcy soon drew the
attention of the room ...'
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Three,
Paragraph 5]
'... We are so anxious to meet Mr.
Bingley ... we are inclined to skim past ... their
delicious modernity.'
'NOT all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance
of her five daughters ...'
[Page Content, My Paragraphs 1 to 4]
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Three,
Paragraph One]
'Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice]
was published at the beginning of the nineteenth century ...'
[My Paragraph 4]
see
—
Wikipedia, Pride and Prejudice where the date of publication
is given as 1813.
'... Indeed you must go ...' 'his
five sisters and a cousin ...'
[My Paragraphs 6 to 9]
[Volume I, Chapter One, Paragraph 24;
and Chapter Three, Paragraph 4]
'... Austen makes clear that Mr. Darcy
is aware that Elizabeth is listening when he tells Bingley
that Elizabeth is tolerable; but not handsome enough
to tempt me ...'
[My Paragraphs 10 and 11]
[Volume I, Chapter Three,
Paragraph 13]
... 'Characters continue to reveal
themselves in all their simple complexities ...'
[My Paragraphs 13 to 28]
'Mr. Bingley: good looking and gentlemanlike ...';
'Mr. Hurst ... who merely looked the gentleman';
'Mr. Darcy: a fine, tall person ...'
[Volume I, Chapter Three, all citations from
Paragraph 5]
'Elizabeth, who ... told the story however
with great spirit among her friends ...'
[Paragraph 14];
'Jane: as much gratified as her mother could
be ...'[Paragraph 15];
'
'Mr. Bennet ... had rather hoped that all his
wife's views ... would be disappointed ...'
[Paragraph 15];
'Mrs. Bennet to her husband: Jane was so
admired, nothing could be like it ...'
[Paragraphs 16 to 20]
Chapters 4 to 12: Foundation (2), Netherfield, or Reinforcing the Framework
'... But no sooner had he
[Mr. Darcy] made it clear ...'
'He began to wish to know more o her ...'
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Six,
Paragraphs 12 and 13]
'... Bingley was sure of being liked
wherever he appeared ...'
[Page Content, My Paragraph 3]
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Four,
Paragraph 14 (last sentence)]
'But we are also favoured with Austen
at her caustic best in this chapter's description of the
two Bingley sisters.'
'... They were in fact very fine ladies ...'
[My Paragraphs 4 to 10]
[Volume I, Chapter Four, Paragraphs 11 to 13]
'The sisters also allow that they
admire and like Jane,'
'... and pronounced her to be a sweet girl ...'
[My Paragraphs 9 and 10]
[Volume I, Chapter Four, Paragraph 16]
'The blossoming affection between
Jane Bennet and Mr. Bingley ...'
'Occupied in observing Mr. Bingley's attentions
to her sister ... '
[My Paragraphs 11 to 13]
[Volume I, Chapter Six, Paragraphs 12 and 13]
'By Chapter Ten, at Netherfield ...'
'... You wanted me, I know, to say "Yes,"
...'
[My Paragraphs 11 to 13]
[Volume I, Chapter Ten, Paragraphs 50 to 52]
... 'After Jane has described Mr.
Bingley as'
'... Just what a young man ought to be ...'
[My Paragraphs 18 and 19]
[Volume I, Chapter Four, Paragraphs 1 to 5]
We also admire Elizabeth's unshakable
belief that she is as good as ...
'... an attorney in Meryton, and another, who
lives somewhere near Cheapside ...'
[My Paragraphs 20 to 22]
[Volume I, Chapter Eight, Paragraphs 15 to 20]
'There is another reason for our
affection ...'
'... I declare I do not know a more aweful
object than Darcy ...'
[My Paragraphs 23 to 25]
[Volume I, Chapter Ten, Paragraphs 39 and 40]
'Mr. Bennet in Chapter Seven
regarding the effusions of Kitty and Lydia ...'
'From all that I can collect by your manner
of talking... '
[My Paragraphs 27 to 31]
[Chapter Seven, Paragraphs 5 to 12]
'Later in Chapter Seven, Miss
Bingley sends an invitation for Jane to visit ...'
[My Paragraphs 32 to 38]
[Chapter Seven, Paragraphs 14 to 38]
'And finally, my seemingly dismissive final paragraph dealing with Chapter Nine's visit to Netherfield of Mrs. Bennet and her two youngest daughters ...'
What more possibly could be added to Austen's cringe-inducing descriptions, other than possibly an additional acknowledgement of the vulnerability of the two elder Bennet daughters?
Foundation (3): Foreshadowing, or Moving Up
'... Elizabeth could not help observing
... how frequently Mr. Darcy's eyes were fixed on her.'
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Ten,
Paragraph 46]
'We become further acquainted with
Elizabeth's friend Charlotte Lucas in Chapters Five and
Six:—'
'His pride,'said Miss Lucas ... 'does not
offend me ...
[Page Content, My Paragraphs 5 to 7]
[Volume I, Chapter Five, Paragraphs 18 and 19]
'In Chapter Six Elizabeth confides to
Charlotte a satisfaction that Jane has refrained from
displaying ... such as to '
'... guard her from the suspicions of
the impertinent.'
[My Paragraphs 8 to 15]
[Chapter Six, Paragraphs 1 to 11]
... 'But the next-cited scenes demand
far stronger descriptive words.'
It begins during Mrs. Bennet's visit:—
'... I do not know a place in the
country ...'
[My Paragraphs 16 to 18]
[Chapter Nine, Paragraphs 7 and 8]
'Mr. Darcy reminds Bingley of those
declarations later that same day:—'
'... The power of doing any thing with
quickness is always much prized by the possessor ...'
[My Paragraphs 19 to 24]
[Chapter Ten, Paragraphs 27 to 37]
'In the next chapter Miss Bingley
declares:'
'... As to laughter, we will not expose
ourselves, if you please, by attempting to laugh
without a subject ...'
'Mr. Darcy is not to be laughed at!
cried Elizabeth ...
[My Paragraphs 25 to 38]
[Chapter Eleven, Paragraphs 18 to 29]
Architecture:— 'It seems to me that
if Chapters One and Two form the Novel's cornerstone,
then [Chapters Three to Twelve inclusively] form a true
foundation of the Novel ...
[A History of Architecture, Glossary, Page 966]
where Sir Banister replaces foundation
with basement [and] refers to beautiful illustrations of
Whitehall Palace ... and Belton House ...'
[My Paragraphs 39 and 40]
[The entire book is available online
at
archive.org]
Pictures 3A Foundation, Chapters 1 to 12
'As for your Elizabeth's
picture ... what painter could do
justice to those beautiful eyes?'
'It would not be easy, indeed ...'
[Miss Bingley and Mr. Darcy]
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Ten,
Paragraphs 57 and 58]
Matthew Brennan argues in his article “Turnerian Topography: The Paintings of Roderick Usher” ... Citation from an intellectually stimulating, and visually beautiful website Roderick Usher ... and to a 1990 Essay by Matthew Brennan concerning Roderick Usher, the painter described by the narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. Note that I have verified that the Great House referred to in the title of the painting is indeed 'The Drawing Room at East Cowes Castle']:—
. . . . .
Chapters 13 to 23: Ground Floor
'What a triumph for him ...
'
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume III, Chapter Eight (50),
Paragraph 14]
'It is, I believe, a
simple two-word response ...'
'WHEN Jane and Elizabeth were alone ...'
" 'Dear Lizzy!' Has
there ever been a more economical delineation
of love and acceptance ..."
[Page Content, My Paragraphs 4 to 13]
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Four,
Paragraphs One to Nine]
'My second point has to do with
the scarcity of eligible males ... even Jane ...
is twenty-three years old ... sinced a gentleman
in London ...'
'... wrote some verses on her
when she was only fifteen ...'
'Elizabeth, almost twenty-one ...'
[My Paragraphs 14 and 15]
[Chapter Nine, Paragraphs 31 to 34]
'... In the case of the
Bennet family and the entailment to the nearest
male relative,'
'who, when I am dead, may turn you all
out of this house ...'
[My Paragraph 17]
[Chapter Thirteen, Paragraph 7]
'... Certainly their mother would
do nothing to dampen the enthusiasm ...'
'I remembered the time when I liked
a red coat myself very well ...'
[My Paragraphs 17 and 18]
[Chapter Seven, Paragraph 12]
Chapters 13 and 14: Ground Floor (2), Mr. Collins, or New Materials
'Mr. Bennet's expectations
were fully answered. His cousin was as
absurd as he had hoped.'
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Fourteen,
Paragraphs 12 and 13]
'Chapter Thirteen
begins ..'
'I HOPE my dear, said Mr. Bennet
to his wife ... This roused a general astonishment
...'
[Page Content, My Paragraphs 1 and 2]
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I,
Chapter Thirteen, Paragraphs One and Six]
'After amusing himself some time
with their curiosity, he thus explained ...'
'It [a letter] is from my
cousin, Mr. Collins, who, when I am dead ...'
[My Paragraphs 3 to 9]
[Chapter Thirteen, Paragraphs 7 to 12]
'Mr. Bennet then reads aloud the
letter ...'
[My Paragraph 10]
[Mr. Collins's Letter: Chapter Thirteen, Paragraph 13]
'Elizabeth was chiefly struck with
his extraordinary deference for Lady Catherine ...'
'... Can he be a sensible man, sir?'
[My Paragraphs 11 to 13]
[Chapter Thirteen, Paragraphs 17 and 18]
'Chapter Fourteen begins during
dinner ... but when the servants were withdrawn,'
'... he thought it time to have some
conversation with his guest ...'
[My Paragraphs 15 to 17]
[Chapter Fourteen, Paragraph 1]
'... a circular path leading
right back to the present webpage' [and] 'a return
to Mr. Collins's letter ...'
[My Paragraph 20]
[Mr. Collins's Letter: Chapter Thirteen, Paragraph 13]
Chapter 15: Ground Floor (3), Mr. Wickham, or New Materials
'In seeking a reconciliation
with the Longbourn family ...'
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Fifteen,
Paragraph 2]
'The respect which Mr. Collins felt
for the high rank of his patroness Lady Catherine de Bourgh'
'... mingling with a very good opinion of
himself ...'
[Page Content, My Paragraphs 1 to 4]
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I,
[Chapter Fifteen, Paragraphs 1 to 3]
'His first choice would be Jane, eldest
and loveliest. But he is forcefully hinted away by
Mrs. Bennet's assertion that Jane'
'... was likely to be very soon engaged.'
'Mr. Collins had only to change from Jane
to Elizabeth ...'
[My Paragraphs 5 to 8]
Chapter Fifteen, Paragraphs 3 to 5]
'... every sister except Mary agrees
later to accompany Lydia to Meryton;'
'... and Mr. Collins was to attend them, at the
request of Mr. Bennet ...'
[My Paragraphs 9 to 12]
[Chapter Fifteen, Paragraphs 6 and 7]
'But the attention of every lady
was soon caught by a young man, whom they had never
seen before, of most gentlemanlike appearance ...'
[My Paragraphs 13 to 16]
[Chapter Fifteen, Paragraph 8]
'MR. Collins was not a sensible
man ...'
[My Paragraphs 19 to 21]
Chapter Fifteen, Paragraph 1]
'... In the final pages of Chapter
Twelve, (Mr. Darcy) is shown to be relieved at the
imminent departure of the two Bennet sisters:'
'... Elizabeth had been at Netherfield
long enough. She attracted him more than
he liked ...'
[My Paragraphs 24 and 25]
Chapter Twelve, Paragraph 4]
'... Nothing could be simpler
than to show the arrival on horseback of ...
Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy, nothing more natural
than Mr. Bingley's assurance to Miss Bennet that
he was on his way to Longbourn'
'... on purpose to inquire after her ...'
[My Paragraphs 27 to 31]
Chapter Fifteen, Paragraphs 8 to 12]
'Unfortunately for Mr. Darcy,
neither Elizabeth nor her family show the slightest
unwillingness to become better acquainted with the
handsome and most gentlemanlike Mr.
Wickham ...'
'But the attention of every lady
was soon caught by a young man, whom they had never
seen before, of most gentlemanlike appearance ...'
[My Paragraphs 13 to 16]
Chapter Fifteen, Paragraph 8]
Chapters 16 and 17: Ground Floor (4), The Whist Party, or Unseen Preparations
'... There could be no
conversation in the noise of Mrs. Philips's supper
party ...'
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Sixteen,
Paragraph 59 (final paragraph)]
'Chapter Sixteen begins with Mr.
Collins declaring the Philips home to be so admirable
that he might almost have supposed himself in the
small breakfast parlour at Rosings, and when his hostess'
'... had listened to the description of only
one of Lady Catherine's drawing-rooms ...'
[Page Content, My Paragraphs 1 and 2]
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I,
[Chapter Sixteen, Paragraph 2]
'... The officers of the —shire
were in general a very creditable, gentlemanlike set
...'
[My Paragraph 3]
[Chapter Sixteen, Paragraph 3]
'Since Mr. Wickham did not play
at whist ...' Mr. Wickham begins the subject
himself ...'
'Mr. Wickham did not play at whist ...'
'Mr. Wickham began the subject himself ...'
(and) 'asked in an hesitating manner ...'
[My Paragraph 4]
Chapter Sixteen, Paragraph 8]
'... and whether (Mr. Darcy)
is likely to be in this country much longer.
Elizabeth hopes that Mr. Wickham's plans ...'
'I wonder, said he ... 'whether he
is likely to be in this country much longer.'
Elizabeth replies I hope your plans in favour
of the —shire will not be affected ...'
[My Paragraph 4]
[Chapter Sixteen, Paragraph 18 and 19]
'Oh! no — it is not for
me to be driven away by Mr. Darcy ...'
A military life is not what I was intended
for ...'
[My Paragraphs 5 to 11]
[Chapter Sixteen, Paragraphs 20, 23 to 30]
'At this point Mr. Wickham explains
that his father had been the late Mr. Darcy's steward
(though never actually using the word) ...'
'... My father began life in the profession
which your uncle, Mr. Philips, appears to do so much
credit to ...'
[My Paragraphs 11 and 12]
Chapter Sixteen, Paragraph 37]
'After taking almost the entire
Chapter Sixteen to recount in full Mr. Wickham's
grievances ... Wickham volunteers to Elizabeth the
fact that Lady Catherine happens to be Mr. Darcy's
aunt ...'
'... thanks to Lady Catherine de Bourgh,
I am removed far beyond the necessity of
regarding little matters.'
Mr. Wickham's attention was caught ...'
'You know of course that Lady Catherine
de Bourgh and Lady Anne Darcy were sisters;
consequently that she is aunt to the present
Mr. Darcy ...'
[My Paragraphs 11 and 12]
Chapter Sixteen, Paragraphs 50 to 55]
'On the website
Amazon.com,
buyers are encouraged to write reviews of their
purchases ...'
[My Paragraphs 14 to 20]
'In fact, my re-reading of the
text was as if to the accompaniment of Don Basilio's
aria La calunnia è un venticello
(Calumny is a little breeze) in Rossini's The
Barber of Seville ...'
— Wikipedia,
The Barber of Seville
[My Paragraphs 19 to 30]
'... Viewers of the 1980 series
would picture Mr. Wickham as I do, which is to say
of a fair complexion and gentlemanly bearing
in person, countenance, air, and walk ...'
'... But Mr. Wickham was as far beyond
them all [which is to say, the officers of
the —shire] in person, countenance, air,
and walk, as they were
superior to the broad-faced stuffy uncle
Philips ...'
[My Paragraph 20]
[Chapter Sixteen, Paragraph 3]
'The following are the sorts
of paragraphs ...'
'... His father, Miss Bennet, the late
Mr. Darcy ...' 'Elizabeth found the interest of the
subject increase ...'
[My Paragraphs 21 and 22]
[Chapter Sixteen, Paragraphs 20 and 21]
'But what, said she
after a pause ...' 'A thorough,
determined dislike of me ...'
[My Paragraph 23]
[Chapter Sixteen, Paragraphs 31 and 32]
'Elizabeth was again deep in
thought ...'
'We were born in the same parish ...'
I had not thought Mr. Darcy as bad as
this ...'
[My Paragraphs 24 and 25]
[Chapter Sixteen, Paragraphs 36 and 37]
'I had not thought Mr. Darcy
as bad as this ...'
[My Paragraph 26]
[Chapter Sixteen, Paragraph 33]
'By way of transition, Chapter
Seventeen ...' [suggests that at the Netherfield Ball]
'Elizabeth and her sisters Catherine and Lydia each
mean to dance half the evening with Mr. Wickham.'
'... The happiness anticipated by Catherine
and Lydia ... though they each, like Elizabeth,
meant to dance half the evening with Mr. Wickham ...'
[My Paragraph 33 (final paragraph)]
[Chapter Seventeen, Paragraph 10]
Chapter 18: Ground Floor (5), The Netherfield Ball, or Continued Construction
'Mrs Bennet ... quitted the house
under the delightful persuasion ...'
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Eighteen,
(final paragraph)]
Austen gathers all her characters together for Chapter Eighteen's Netherfield Ball, including Mr. Bennet (but not, in spite of his brave words, Mr. Wickham). By the conclusion of the Ball, the stupid and vicious words of Mrs. Bennet, not helped by the disreputable behaviour of the younger sisters of Jane and Elizabeth, have doomed the blossoming romantic relationship between Jane and their host Mr. Bingley.
Chapters 19 to 23: Ground Floor (6), One door closes as another opens, or Completing that Massive Staircase
'An unhappy alternative
is before you, Elizabeth. ...'
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Twenty,
Paragraph 19]
In the final chapters of Volume I Elizabeth is unable to prevent the long-dreaded proposal of marriage with the determined Mr. Collins, which she promptly refuses, to the fury of her mother. It now becomes clear that Mr. Bingley has been prevailed upon to leave Netherfield, and Jane, with no firm prospect of return, thus seeming to close off venue upward to the First Floor. Of course, Jane Austen has deftly and simultaneously prepared another better access as Charlotte Lucas snares for herself Elizabeth's rejected suitor Mr. Collins.
Pictures 3A Foundation, Chapters 1 to 12
'... Elizabeth could not help observing
... how frequently Mr. Darcy's eyes were fixed on her.'
Left Column Quotation
[Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter Ten,
Paragraph 46]
Matthew Brennan argues in his article “Turnerian Topography: The Paintings of Roderick Usher” ... Citation from an intellectually stimulating, and visually beautiful website [who is contributor?] devoted to particular Turner painting Title: Interior of a Great House: The Drawing Room, East Cowes Castle, circa 1830, and to a 1990 Essay by Matthew Brennan concerning Roderick Usher, the painter described by the narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. Note that I have verified that the Great House referred to in the title of the painting is indeed 'The Drawing Room at East Cowes Castle']:—
http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/tour/etape15/eng/15text5a.htm
* * * * *
For the Pictures webpages I chose a number of Turner prints and drawings showing rooms with tasteful displays of paintings and other artworks. And for this present References 3A Pride and Prejudice Page, it seemed best to select three Turner drawings from the bookshelves and libraries at Petworth, as well as detail from the Painting mentioned in the previous paragraph, one of the few Turner oil paintings which in my opinion suits Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice as well as the simpler prints and drawings chosen for these pages.
This Page
References 3A
JMW Turner, 1827
Title: Bookshelves and a Rococo Pier-Glass, with Several Figures, 1827
Medium: Gouache and watercolour on paper;
Dimensions: Support 139 x 194 mm
Collection: Tate, Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
View by appointment at Tate Britain's Prints
and Drawings Room
Reference D22686
JMW Turner, 1827
The Old Library: A Vase of Lilies, Dahlias and Other Flowers 1827
Medium: Watercolour and bodycolour on paper;
Support 139 x 188 mm
Collection: Tate, Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
View by appointment at Tate Britain's Prints
and Drawings Room
Reference D22685
Detail, Painting, JMW Turner
Detail from Painting shown above in Chapters 1 to 12:
Foundation (3), Foreshadowing, or Moving Up
Medium: Oil Paint on canvas
Support: 908 x 1219 mm
Frame: 1239 x 1550 mm
Collection, Tate, Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
On display at Tate Britain, Theme Turner Collection, Room: In the Studio
Reference NO 1988
[Also see citation from website
Roderick Usher as mentioned above]
JMW Turner, 1827
A Man Seated at a Table in the Old Library 1827
Medium: Gouache and watercolour on paper;
Dimensions: Support 141 x 191 mm
Collection: Tate, Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
View by appointment at Tate Britain's Prints
and Drawings Room
Reference D22691
Sandsifter Five Retrospectives