The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield Quotes

“Of course we are most happy to see you at any time," said Mr. Bennet, never looking up from his reading, "for you are our eldest grandson. Even if you are abundant in the caprices with which wealthy young men amuse themselves, to be sure, you are far from the most bothersome person I have known. Indeed, you are not even the most bothersome person in the room.”
― Claudia Gray, The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield

“Juliet wondered how long it would be before Frederica would be obliged to host Charlotte Collins, and her husband Mr. Collins, whom they had come to know in Kent -- and, when the time came, how much Frederica would be able to endure hearing the many virtues of Lady Catherine de Bourgh.”
― Claudia Gray, The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield

“The two young people exchanged glances, and Jane recognized the deep understanding between them as a kind of intimacy she normally observed only in husbands and wives -- usually, not even then.”
― Claudia Gray, The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield

“Priscilla Allerdyce, though not fundamentally wicked by nature, had been fashioned by her mother as a weapon in the combat of courtship as surely as any naval architect had drafted plans for a man-o'-war.”
― Claudia Gray, The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield

“Indeed, for she is a bright young woman, with some wit about her. Little enough has there been in this house since you took our Elizabeth from it." Mr. Bennet winked.”
― Claudia Gray, The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield

“It was not as though wearing black would ease her mourning; if anything, she thought, the inconvenience and ugliness of it all would make her sadder rather than happier. So what could be the point of that?”
― Claudia Gray, The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield: A Novel

“His favorite companion was drink; and where that is so, no friendship can exist entirely beyond it.”
― Claudia Gray, The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield: A Novel