Pride and Prejudice-Chapter 5 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ dành cho trẻ em nổi tiếng của nhà văn Charles Dicken với những từ vựng quen thuộc. Nhằm giúp các em và các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh | Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Chapter 5 Within a short walk of Longbourn lived a family with whom the Bennets were particularly intimate. Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton where he had made a tolerable fortune and risen to the honour of knighthood by an address to the king during his mayoralty. The distinction had perhaps been felt too strongly. It had given him a disgust to his business and to his residence in a small market town and in quitting them both he had removed with his family to a house about a mile from Meryton denominated from that period Lucas Lodge where he could think with pleasure of his own importance and unshackled by business occupy himself solely in being civil to all the world. For though elated by his rank it did not render him supercilious on the contrary he was all attention to everybody. By nature inoffensive friendly and obliging his presentation at St. James s had made him courteous. Lady Lucas was a very good kind of woman not too clever to be a valuable neighbour to Mrs. Bennet. They had several children. The eldest of them a sensible intelligent young woman about twenty-seven was Elizabeth s intimate friend. That the Miss Lucases and the Miss Bennets should meet to talk over a ball was absolutely necessary and the morning after the assembly brought the former to Longbourn to hear and to communicate. YOU began the evening well Charlotte said Mrs. Bennet with civil selfcommand to Miss Lucas. YOU were Mr. Bingley s first choice. Yes but he seemed to like his second better. Oh you mean Jane I suppose because he danced with her twice. To be sure that DID seem as if he admired her indeed I rather believe he DID I heard something about it but I hardly know what something about Mr. Robinson. Perhaps you mean what I overheard between him and Mr. Robinson did not I mention it to you Mr. Robinson s asking him how he liked our Meryton assemblies and whether he did not think there were a great many pretty women in the room
