Pride And Prejudice Passage Analysis

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My dearest Georgiana, Do not be alarmed, my dear sister, on receiving this letter, for I only intend to warn and protect a younger sibling such as yourself from an ominous futurity that has been so promptly displaced upon our beloved family. I write without any intention of paining you, only as an act of utmost caution, a presumed obligation of mine while I have been so respectably placed in the guardianship of yourself since the tragedy our father's passing. You must, therefore, pardon with which I implore your absolute attention; by the power vested as your legal guardian and eldest sibling, I demand it of your justice. It has been brought into my attention of your arranged intention of elopement with none other than Mr. Wickham. Of what the very man has accused me of my character, as you may have witnessed, I am ignorant; but of what he has encouraged for your abrupt estrangement, I must relate the candid truth. My dear sister I beg of you, reconsider your actions, for I once again urge your alienation to such a man, the man so oppositely portrayed of whom you so passionately praised of since we had spoken last. Mr. Wickham is the son of a respectable man, but what maketh the father does not the son. I have been told that Sir Wickham has quite a …show more content…

Her petite, rosy lips was held tight in a line. If she had received such a letter from any other being, she would have wholly disregarded; but her brother, oh even her esteemed brother had been opposed of her relations. She was astonished, speechless, even dismay had oppressed her. This cannot be! She tore open the letter once again, in attempt of recollecting some instance of graciousness, some notable trait of integrity, to rescue Wickham of her brother's sharp words, but all was done in vain. She closed the letter once again, this time with no intention of ever opening it once more. She stood up in the most ladylike fashion and spoke to be escorted out of the

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