social accomplishments
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- context
- 19th-century English society
- description
- A key societal concept referring to the desirable skills and traits for young ladies in 19th-century England, such as music, painting, and needlework, with characters holding differing views on its true definition.
- examples
- painting tables, covering screens, netting purses, playing pianoforte
Relationships
- referenced_byFitzwilliam Darcy
- context
- has_strict_definition_of
- source
- Elizabeth to the enjoyment of all her original distext_chunk
- source_text
- Your list of the common extent of accomplishments,” said Darcy, “has too much truth. The word is applied to many a woman who deserves it no otherwise than by netting a purse or covering a screen; but I am very far from agreeing with you in your estimation of ladies in general. I cannot boast of knowing more than half-a-dozen in the whole range of my acquaintance that are really accomplished
- referenced_byCharles Bingley
- context
- has_broad_definition_of
- source
- Elizabeth to the enjoyment of all her original distext_chunk
- source_text
- They all paint tables, cover screens, and net purses. I scarcely know any one who cannot do all this
- extracted_fromElizabeth to the enjoyment of all her original dis
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-03T02:30:17.963Z
- source
- Elizabeth to the enjoyment of all her original distext_chunk