The 3x3 Page: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen

3 Highlights

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Highlight: “I could easily forgive his pride if he had not mortified mine.”
Significance: A moment of deep emotional insight and irony.
Connection: Reveals the ego’s central role in emotional conflict and judgment. Useful insight into decision-making and negotiation.
Note Type: Insight
Tag: Ego / Social Perception / Human Nature </aside>

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Highlight: “Till this moment I never knew myself.”
Significance: Elizabeth’s turning point: self-knowledge forged through humility.
Connection: Elizabeth, who prides herself on wit and judgment, realizes she has been fundamentally wrong; about Darcy, about Wickham, and most importantly, about herself. Her journey from certainty to self-doubt marks the true beginning of wisdom. It’s a universal human experience: the moment we trade self-righteousness for self-awareness.
Note Type: Insight
Tag: Self-Awareness/ Growth / Transformation </aside>

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Highlight: “Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.”
Significance: Charlotte Lucas is a realist. She implies that no matter how well people think they know each other, people are subject to change, and it is a matter of luck that it is for the better.
Connection: Marriage takes work. Good relationships doesn’t just happen automatically.
Note Type: Insight
Tag: Social Convention / Marriage / Realism </aside>

Smart Page

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1. What was this book really about?

How personal pride, prejudice, and social expectations distort our understanding of others; and how love, when it finally arrives, requires humility, self-awareness, and courage to cut through those illusions.

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2. What idea stuck with me?

“I could easily forgive his pride if he had not mortified mine.”

This line captures the emotional fragility of human ego; how judgment is often more about our wounded pride than the other’s flaws.

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