Chapter 34
In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.Read in Books4Free →
Darcy's First Proposal (Hunsford)
From Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The novel's central confrontation: Darcy's insulting proposal and Elizabeth's furious refusal, exposing the prejudices of both.
Chapter 34
Elizabeth's withering refusal: "You could not have made me the offer of your hand in any possible way that would have tempted me to accept it... I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry."
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