I am no longer surprised at your knowing only 6 accomplished women. I wonder at you knowing any.
To succeed in polite society, a young woman must be many things. Kind, well-read, and accomplished. But to survive in the world as we know it, she’ll need other qualities.
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“To succeed in polite society, a young woman must be many things: kind, well-read and accomplished. But to survive in the world as we know it, she’ll need other qualities.”
To succeed in polite society, a young woman must be many things. Kind… well-read… and accomplished. But to survive in the world as WE know it, you’ll need… other qualities.
A woman is either highly trained or highly refined. One cannot afford the luxury of both in such times.
I cannot boast knowing more than half a dozen in the whole range of my acquaintance that is less accomplished.
Nor I, I’m sure. And Mr. Darcy. You must comprehend a great deal in your idea of an accomplished woman?
I do.
Then, Mr. Darcy, you must comprehend a great deal in your idea of an accomplished woman.
A woman must have a thorough knowledge of singing, dancing…
women must have a thorough knowledge of singing, dancing and the art of war.
To succeed in polite society, a young woman must be many things: kind, well-read, and accomplished. But to survive in the world as we know it, she’ll need other qualities.
"It is amazing to me," said Bingley, "how young ladies can have patience to be so very accomplished as they all are."
"All young ladies accomplished! My dear Charles, what do you mean?"
"They all paint tables, cover screens, and net purses. I scarcely know anyone who cannot do all this, and I am sure I never heard a young lady spoken of for the first time, without being informed that she was very accomplished."
"The word is applied," said Darcy, "to many a woman who deserve it no otherwise than by netting a purse or covering a screen. My sister Georgiana deserves the distinction, however, for she is not only master of the female arts, but the deadly as well. I cannot boast of knowing more than half a dozen, in the whole range of my acquaintance , that are thus accomplished."
From Pages 33-34 of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Paperback edition, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
"A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages; she must be well trained in the fighting styles of the Kyoto masters and the modern tactics and weaponry of Europe. And besides all of this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions, or the word will be but half-deserved. All this she must possess, and to all this she must yet add something more substantial in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading."
From Page 34 of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Paperback edition, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
A woman is either highly trained or highly refined. One cannot afford the luxury of both in such times.
"In my experience, a woman is either highly trained or highly refined. One cannot afford the luxury of both in such times. As for my sisters and I, our dear father thought it best that we give less of our time to books and music, and more to protecting ourselves from the sorry stricken."
Quote from Page 34 of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Paperback edition, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
"I never saw such a woman. In my experience, a woman is either highly trained or highly refined. One cannot afford the luxury of both in such times. As for my sisters and I, our dear father thought it best that we give less of our time to books and music, and more to protecting ourselves from the sorry stricken."
From Page 34 of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Paperback edition, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
"You forget that I am a student of Pei Liu of Shaolin, mother. Besides for every unmentionable one meets upon the road, one meets three soldiers. I shall be back by dinner."
From Page 27 of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Paperback edition, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
"You forget, sir, that I am a student of Shaolin! Master of the seven-starred fist! I am perfectly serious in my refusal. You could not make me happy, and I am convinced I am the last woman in the world who could make you so...for I am a warrior, sir, and shall be until my last breath is offered to God."
From Pages 85-86 of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Paperback edition, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith