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the accomplished woman

accomplishments

The Netherfield debate (Chapter 8) over what qualifies a woman as 'accomplished' — music, drawing, dancing, languages, and 'something in her air' — is one of the novel's most quoted passages on the marriage market's expectations of women.

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Pride and Prejudice Novels · 5 mentions