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Chapters 17-22
Before you read

18. 
    Explain why Elizabeth now feels she has been 'blind, prejudiced, unreasonable'.
    

After you read

19. 
    Why:
    

a is Lydia so happy to receive an invitation to Brighton? b is Wickham glad to leave Meryton?

c did Mr Bennet marry his wife?
d is Elizabeth worried about visiting Pemberley?
e is Elizabeth interested in listening to the housekeeper at Pemberley?

f are the Gardiners so surprised when Mr Darcy is polite to them?

g is 26 November fixed in Mr Bingley's memory? h is Miss Bingley so rude to Elizabeth?

i is Elizabeth so upset by Jane's letters?

j do Lydia's father and uncle travel to London?

11. 
    is Mr Collins's advice strange for a religious man? I is Mr Bennet so severe to Kitty?
    

20. 
    Do you agree with Elizabeth that 'in a time of such a misfortune as this, one cannot see too little of one's neighbours'?
    
21. 
    Imagine you are one of these characters. Give your views on the causes and effects of Lydia's behaviour.
    

a Mrs Bennet b Mr Bennet c Mr Darcy d Mr Collins e Jane Bennet

f Elizabeth Bennet