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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op read the book. He is a self important, loquacious bore and a prig with no intellect. He is the antithesis of who would be suitable for Lizzie.[/quote]

This is it. [/quote]

[b]Exactly.  Even Charlotte doesn't like him all that much--she basically arranges her whole life to spend as little time with him as possible. [/b] He's not a monster, and we have no reason to think that he will mistreat her, but there's not much that attractive about him other than his financial prospect as the heir of Longbourne.  He's a dim bulb, excessively obsequious, self-important, is a wretched conversationalist, and has no common sense or taste.  My favorite description of him is "a felicitous blend of complacent self-approval and ceremonious servility."  [/quote]

Right. This part is sad. I don't think I really understood that Charlotte only marries him because he's her literal last chance for independence from her family when I read it the first time in high school. Poor Charlotte. It's actually a fairly brave choice when you think about it that way.[/quote]

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