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"The redemption of the world": the rhetoric of Jane Austen's prayers.(Miscellany)(Critical essay)

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From: Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
Date: 20050101
Author:Dabundo, Laura

ONE OF THE LEAST REMARKED but in some ways most significant parts of" all of Jane Austen's much-celebrated novel Pride and Prejudice occurs at the very end of Mr. Darcy's long exculpatory letter to Elizabeth Bennet in the very middle of the novel. After he has explained and justified himself at great length, he closes, very simply, by saying, "I will only add, God bless you" (203). In this final turn, away from himself, Darcy offers the embrace of the Christian community toward the woman whom he fears he has lost. With that gesture, that benediction, we see the world of God's ...

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