Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice Chapter 51 Summary

  • When the couple arrives on their wedding day, their "easy assurance" shocks everybody except Mrs. Bennet. They don't seem to think they've done anything wrong.
  • Lydia is anxious to see everybody she knows to let them know she is married. She seems to have little sense that she should be ashamed.
  • Wickham's affection for Lydia is not as great as hers for him – just as Elizabeth suspected.
  • Lydia lets it slip that Mr. Darcy was at her wedding. Oops, she admits, she wasn't supposed to have said anything at all but the damage is done now….
  • Elizabeth says she won't pressure Lydia for more information. Still, burning with curiosity, she dashes off a note to her aunt asking for an explanation.
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