Answer:
My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfleld Park is let at last?"
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
"But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it."
Mr. Bennet made no answer.
"Do you not want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently.
"You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it."
This was invitation enough.
"Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it, that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week."
Explanation:
Pride and Prejudice is one of the most celebrated novel of Jane Austen. Over the years, it has been adapted into films, TV series, musicial versions, etc.
In September 1906, the play was adapted into a play by Mary Keith Medbery Mackaye. Mackaye has improvised the novel into the play by keeping significant parts the same.
Some of the details that are included in both, the play and the novel are:
<em>My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfleld Park is let at last?"
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<em>Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
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<em>"But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it."
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<em>Mr. Bennet made no answer.
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<em>"Do you not want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently.
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<em>"You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it."
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<em>This was invitation enough.
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<em>"Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it, that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week."</em>
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If we read both the texts, we can find these excerpts in both, the novel and the play.
