#louisa hurst

[tenth-sentence]

The two ladies were delighted to see their dear friend again, called it an age since they had met, and repeatedly asked what she had been doing with herself since their separation.

"Pride and Prejudice" - Jane Austen

#book quote #pride and prejudice #jane austen #louisa hurst #caroline bingley #delighted #jane bennet #questions #separation

[nerdylibertarian928]

The Bingley sisters and the Ferrars would be the best friends or mortal enemies there's no inbetween

#caroline bingley #louisa hurst #fanny dashwood #pride and prejudice #p&p #p&p 1995 #sense and sensibility #s&s

[field-s-of-flowers]

Random/useless headcanon for one or multiple of the Bingleys

Charles: He’s chronically sunburnt. He spends most of his time outside and sunscreen wasn’t invented until 1946, so he’s always bright red (fellow gingers know the pain 😭). He always says it’ll turn into a tan. It doesn’t.

Caroline: She’s a lesbian! Her attraction to Darcy reads as serious comphet to me. Definitely crushes on Elizabeth at Netherfield. Also unrelated but she and Jane become friends post-canon prove me wrong

Louisa: She’s very good with money. Mr. Hurst is “a man of more fashion than fortune,” so Louisa can make a lot out of a little, and can make a little look like a whole lot. Most of her clothes are very cheap fabric, but you’d never know!

Bonus family headcanons: Charles and Caroline are twins, and Louisa is two years older! They also have three half-sisters, all of whom are at least eleven years younger than the twins, and a stepbrother that’s Louisa’s age.

#soph’s askbox #Lu tag #I could go into depth on most of these! #TYSM for asking me about the Bingleys! They’re my favorites and I think they’re a lot more complex than they appear :) #charles bingley #caroline bingley #Louisa hurst

[bethanydelleman]

Re-imagining Mr. Hurst

I know Mr. Hurst is an insignificant side character who mostly exists so that Caroline has a chaperone/somewhere to live, but let’s examine him for a minute.

What do we know about Mr. Hurst? 

"merely looked the gentleman"

"Mrs. Hurst, who had married a man of more fashion than fortune, less disposed to consider his house as her home when it suited her”

"he was an indolent man, who lived only to eat, drink, and play at cards; who, when he found her prefer a plain dish to a ragout, had nothing to say to her"

When tea was over, Mr. Hurst reminded his sister-in-law of the card-table—but in vain. She had obtained private intelligence that Mr. Darcy did not wish for cards; and Mr. Hurst soon found even his open petition rejected. She assured him that no one intended to play, and the silence of the whole party on the subject seemed to justify her. Mr. Hurst had therefore nothing to do, but to stretch himself on one of the sofas and go to sleep.

and of their meaning to dine in Grosvenor Street, where Mr. Hurst had a house.

Mr. Hurst.... was thinking only of his breakfast.

Mr. Hurst looked at her with astonishment. “Do you prefer reading to cards?” said he; “that is rather singular.”

A lot of that was about food, however, Mr. Hurst may be doing quite a bit of exercise (hunting, riding, and fencing), and he may be more of a foodie than a glutton, so it doesn’t follow that he is overweight for sure. 

The usual assumption is that Mr. Hurst provides the social status and Louisa provides the money in this relationship. But while we know that Mr. Hurst is fashionable, it sounds like Bingley’s rented house is better than Mr. Hurst’s residence. We are never told if he has an estate, only a house in town. His general indolence seems to suggest he doesn’t have a profession, so what is he?

It is possible that he has a smaller estate, like Willoughby, and it isn’t grand enough for the Hursts to want to reside there. Or, he may be a second son with a small inheritance whose only house is in London. Or he may be an heir-in-waiting, like John Dashwood, who is living in town until someone dies.

But the main point is, what is in it for Louisa? She has 20k, that's a ton of money. She probably could have married a lot better (consider Lady Middleton and Mrs. Palmer, both from trade as well, who married quite high). Louisa could have at least married someone with a country estate, not just a house in town. If he's not even real “landed gentry”, how much is this helping her social status?

I think Louisa fell for the classic blunder, she married for lust. Mr. Hurst is (or at least was, who knows how long they've been married) smoking hot and Louisa fell for the same trap as Mr. Bennet, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Rushworth, Lady Elliot, and probably Sir Thomas and Sophia Grey. Married the hot person, regretted it later.

Part of Caroline’s motivation may be that she has learned the lesson and is trying to prevent both her brother and herself from succumbing to beauty.

#mr. hurst #random side character exploration #jane austen #louisa hurst #caroline bingley #pride and prejudice #I think it's fair to imagine he is hot #and a little nicer for Louisa maybe #I would really like to know how long they have been married

[whats-in-a-sentence]

"It is from Miss Bingley," said Jane, and then read it aloud.

"My dear Friend,

"If you are not so compassionate as to dine to-day with Louisa and me, we shall be in danger of hating each other for the rest of our lives, for a whole day's tete-a-tete between two women can never end without a quarrel. Come as soon as you can on receipt of this. My brother and the gentlemen are to dine with the officers. –

Yours ever,

Caroline Bingley

"Pride and Prejudice" - Jane Austen

#book quotes #pride and prejudice #jane austen #miss bingley #caroline bingley #jane bennet #letter #compassionate #louisa hurst #hate #tete a tete #quarrel #mr bingley

[roseunspindle]

Louisa Hurst and Caroline Bingley

#Louisa Hurst #Caroline Bingley #Pride and Prejudice

[theneutral-zone]

the only thing that could make 1995 pride & prejudice better is the appearance of character health bars at critical scenes

#they are fighting for their LIVES at the netherfield ball #it is louisa hurst who wins that battle leaving nothing but carnage in her wake #i am on a pride & prejudice rampage rn #i might even have the nerve to rewatch 2005 but dont get too excited #pride & prejudice #pride & prejudice 1995

[inlovewithregencyera]

Regency Era Accessories Part 4:

I've converted these lace caps from Sims 2 creators maya40 and Simbury, when downloading please read the description.

Aren't you sick of your married maidens not having proper attire to cover their lovely locks? Perhaps your spinsters are also in need of covering their hair to avoid more shun than they're already exposed to in society. How scandalous your married lady sims must feel straying away from God with their hair uncovered! Allow me to present you 3 lace caps for your ladies to wear during the day.

Julia: A laced day cap with a front ribbon used for morning and daywear during the early Regency Era (1795-1837) but this style will work for 1810s-early 1820s

Sophia: A small fitted lace day cap with side ribbons used for morning and day wear. I suppose if you'd like you can slap this one on for some formal dinner parties too, but I think my turbans work better for that. I used separate textures from the original mesh by Simbury and slapped some ribbons on there too. My inspiration was to get a cap like Louisa Hurst from Pride and Prejudice 1995. Meant for the Regency Era (1795-1837) but this style worked for the late 1790's-early 1820s.

Frances: Same as Sophia Cap just bigger and less fitted. Works for more elaborate hairstyles.

BGC and Hat Slider Compatible

Pics of actual Lace Caps down here. You may hear them referred to as either Mob Caps, Dormeuses, or Lace Bonnets, but I'm just going to stick with lace caps as that's what I've always called them. If you were alive back then you would've called it a Bonnet but I apologize I was born in the 2000s.

Ah, what a lovely day for gossip between 3 married upper-class ladies. What else would they rather spend their day doing?

I wonder what Julia and Sophia are talking about? Perhaps Julia caught her husband leaving the male servant quarters half undressed in the early hours of the morning with his clothes all undone. That would explain that sly look on Sophia's face. It's fine, they got into an arranged marriage anyway and he's rich so of course she won't say anything.

Poor Frances seems to be sulking in a corner and oh she's in black, she's mourning. I wonder for who? Oh no, are those tears I see?! Perhaps this conversation brings back painful memories of her late husband too! He had his fair share of dabbling in bed with his male servants as well...

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#sims 4 regency #ts4 regency #regency sims 4 #sims 4 historical #simblr #sims 4 regency era #regency ts4 #historical sims 4 #historical cc #historical sims #ts4 georgian #georgian cc #my cc #ts4 cc

[firawren]

Caroline Bingley, Louisa Hurst, and Mr. Darcy watching Mary Bennet sing at the Netherfield ball:

#pride and prejudice memes #pride and prejudice #jane austen memes #jane austen #english lit memes #mary bennet #mr darcy #miss bingley #mrs hurst #the addams family #halloween #my stuff

[nerdyrevelries]

Okay, so I have had this idea for a crack pairing, and I need to share it. 

The year is 1816. Napoleon has been exiled on Saint Helena and mainland Europe is once again safe to travel. Caroline Bingley, her sister Louisa Hurst, and her brother-in-law Mr. Hurst decide to summer in the Carpathian Mountains, which have been relatively untouched by the recent conflicts. While there mingling with the local nobility at a ball, Caroline meets Count Vlad Dracula. The two marry after a short courtship where others applaud the suitability of the pairing of Caroline’s fortune and Count Dracula’s land and title.

Caroline arrives at her new husband’s castle for the first time and finds it a mess, but Caroline Dracula is not to be daunted. With all the experience of a woman who has been assisting her brother in his estate running for years prior to his marriage, Caroline sets about getting the castle in tip-top shape. New furniture and upholstery is ordered, stonework is repaired, and styles are updated. If the Count is adverse to these updates, Caroline is not inclined to notice. She is mistress of the house now, she need not consult her husband in its appointment. 

Dracula is puzzled by the reactions of his new wife. When she encounters his wolves, she refuses to be frightened and simply cites her prior experience with her brother’s hunting dogs as she tells the wolves to heel, and they actually listen to her. If he crawls about the walls, she chides him for his behavior, saying that he is displaying a lack of manners. No matter what he does, though either a self-centered obliviousness or a prideful and bossy manner that refuses to accept that she might be less than prepared for anything, Caroline will not be frightened by Dracula. The Count is at a complete loss for how to handle her.

Anyway, time passes, hijinks happen, and eventually Count Dracula falls in love with his Countess and ends up changing to conform to her. The two possible endings that I see for this are that either Caroline remains completely oblivious to what her husband is for her entire life or she becomes a vampire and the two of them terrorize the country as equals. 

The end.

#Caroline Bingley #Count Dracula #Dracula #Jane Austen #Pride and Prejudice #This is very silly. #I have gone full galaxy brain and I cannot be stopped.

[tenth-sentence]

They agreed that Mrs. Bennet should only hear of the departure of the family, without being alarmed on the score of the gentleman's conduct; but even this partial communication gave her a great deal of concern, and she bewailed it as exceedingly unlucky that the ladies should happen to go away just as they were all getting so intimate together.

"Pride and Prejudice" - Jane Austen

#book quote #pride and prejudice #jane austen #agreement #jane bennet #elizabeth bennet #mrs bennet #departure #alarmed #mr bingley #communication #concern #unlucky #caroline bingley #louisa hurst #intimacy #friendship

[princesssarisa]

Two more comments on Pride and Prejudice, canon vs. fanon.

I've still been thinking of Elizabeth's interesting blend of boldness and sometimes-impertinence with the basic courtesies and dignity expected in upper class Georgian society... how she sometimes even values the latter to a fault... yet how pop culture seems to only remember the former and think of her as a free-spirited proto-modern rebel. I've been thinking of one aspect of this that I didn't write about before. There seems to be a widespread conception that Elizabeth is always going for long, "unladylike" walks through nature and coming back with her hair disheveled and her petticoat covered in mud. But since when is that true? Yes, she does enjoy natural outdoor beauty and often goes for long walks, but she's not the only character who does this, and I don't remember any hint that her usual walks are wild, dirty rambles. She's not Catherine Earnshaw out on the moors. Only once does she walk three miles through mud and end up with disheveled hair and a filthy petticoat: when she goes to visit the sick Jane at Netherfield. That's a memorable scene, of course, especially because Caroline Bingley and Louisa Hurst talk so cattily about how unladylike it is. But it's a one-time incident: she only does it because her sister needs her and the only way to make the trip is on foot, because she's not good at horseback riding. Isn't that right?

At least twice now I've seen people assume that Darcy mistakes Jane for a gold digger and that this is why he dissuades Bingley from proposing to her. Since when? Is this assumption based on the adaptations? In his letter, he makes it very clear that while he thinks most of the Bennets are obnoxious and embarrassing, he finds no such fault with either Elizabeth or Jane. He thinks nothing bad about Jane. He just assumes, based on her reserve, that she doesn't love Bingley, but would be pressured by her blatant, unabashed gold digger mother into marrying him.

I'll post more about canon Pride and Prejudice vs. the fanon version later... especially as it relates to a certain movie that resembles the fanon P&P more than the book does.

#pride and prejudice #elizabeth bennet #fitzwilliam darcy #jane bennet #canon vs fanon #jane austen

[briarosie]

PRIDE & PREJUDICEㅤ{ an Unequal Affections inspired fancast } ㅤㅤㅤ❯ㅤThe BINGLEY Familyㅤ❮

Dev Patel as Charles Bingley Simone Ashley as Caroline Bingley Shoba Narayan as Louisa Hurst (née Bingley) Nadim Naaman as Mr. Hurst

{ og post / the bennets / the darcys / the bingleys }

#pride & prejudice #pride and prejudice fancast #briar fancasts #dev patel #simone ashley #shoba narayan #nadim naaman #* #pride and prejudice #prideandprejudiceedit #i love them :( #this is the last one on this series #i really like how it turned out! might do more fancasts here in the future

[bethanydelleman]

What do you think of Mrs Hurst?

I think Mrs. Hurst exists (and is married) so that Caroline doesn't need a paid chaperone and also has alternative care when not with Bingley (single women in the gentry don't really live alone). But you probably mean as a character.

There is a pervasive idea in JAFF that Caroline is the leader and Louisa follows. But both of them start conversations and they speak together so often that they are hard to quote on their own. I think Caroline and Louisa are very much cut from the same cloth. They are both ambitious and they are both bent on having Caroline marry Mr. Darcy and Charles marry Georgiana (the latter of which Darcy supports).

I did a whole post on Mr. Hurst and why Louisa married him, because why not?

I have always wondered if Mrs. Hurst is childless, and will remain so, or if she is recently married. Just a curiosity of mine, not very important.

Anyway, I think Louisa and Caroline are working towards a shared goal. They seem to be intelligent, they have a strong sisterly bond, and they want to secure themselves in the highest circles of society. I actually think if both of them were single, they would be pragmatic enough not to fight over Darcy. They'd probably go with whomever he seemed to like best.

#louisa hurst #caroline bingley #pride and prejudice #jane austen #question reaponse

[whats-in-a-sentence]

When the ladies removed after dinner, Elizabeth ran up to her sister, and seeing her well guarded from cold, attended her into the drawing-room, where she was welcomed by her two friends with many professions of pleasure; and Elizabeth had never seen them so agreeable as they were during the hour which passed before the gentlemen appeared.

"Pride and Prejudice" - Jane Austen

#book quotes #pride and prejudice #jane austen #dinner #elizabeth bennet #jane bennet #guarded #cold #drawing room #pleasure #louisa hurst #caroline bingley #agreeable #gentlemen

[amarguerite]

Potential AU: P&P, but everyone is dragons?

1) Ok, I hate to admit it but I’m not interested in dragons unless they’re interacting with people, so this will be a “Dragon’s Den”/ “Shark Tank” AU where I’d be critiquing the social function of venture capitalism/ the culture around it

2) Darcy, Bingley, Caroline (here probably not a Bingley), Louisa (also not a Bingley) and Mr. Hurst are the five dragons

3)Jane is a contestant and Bingley (the nicest of the dragons) says he’ll invest in her business on air… but then doesn’t follow through on advice from Darcy, who doesn’t believe Jane Bennet has the personality to make it in business/ doesn’t believe in her business model/ the viability of her ethical approach to beauty products/ the cost of her invented medical device/ whatever. “She smiles too much. It’s a sign she doesn’t have the answers.”

4) All the Bennet girls work in some kind of business capacity (I think Lizzy strikes me as a lawyer specializing in property law, to go along with her joke that she didn’t love Darcy until she’d seen Pemberley), except for poor Mary Bennet, who is a beleaguered non-profit worker. Sorry Mary. I know that life.

5) Charlotte ends up as CFO of Mr. Collins’s company after Lizzy points out with increasing exasperation but undimmed customer-service-voice-politeness that she is a law student and absolutely not CFO material