Una propuesta y una carta

A proposal and a letter

Adapted from Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen.

Elizabeth había aceptado las acusaciones de Wickham porque encajaban con la imagen de Darcy que ya conservaba. Al descubrir su intervención entre Jane y Bingley, creyó confirmadas sus sospechas. La declaración amorosa de Darcy tampoco la conmovió: al insistir en los obstáculos sociales de aquella unión, parecía esperar gratitud por rebajarse. Elizabeth rechazó tanto la propuesta como la superioridad desde la que había sido formulada.

Darcy respondió mediante una carta que separaba sus errores de las mentiras ajenas. Había juzgado mal la discreción de Jane; sin embargo, Wickham había buscado la fortuna de Georgiana intentando fugarse con ella. Elizabeth releyó y comparó, incómoda ante sus propias omisiones. Cambiar de opinión exigía algo más que absolver a Darcy: debía reconocer que su ingenio no la había protegido de creer aquello que deseaba creer.

Elizabeth had accepted Wickham’s accusations because they fitted the image of Darcy she already held. When she discovered his intervention between Jane and Bingley, she believed her suspicions confirmed. Darcy’s declaration of love did not move her either: by insisting on the social obstacles to their union, he seemed to expect gratitude for lowering himself. Elizabeth rejected both the proposal and the superiority from which it had been made.

Darcy replied in a letter that separated his mistakes from other people’s lies. He had misjudged Jane’s discretion; however, Wickham had sought Georgiana’s fortune by trying to elope with her. Elizabeth reread and compared, uncomfortable with her own omissions. Changing her mind required more than clearing Darcy: she had to acknowledge that her wit had not protected her from believing what she wanted to believe.

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sin embargo

however

Introduces information that challenges Elizabeth’s first belief.

Cambiar de opinión

to change one’s mind

Means revising a judgment after receiving new information.

carta

letter

Darcy’s written explanation of his actions.

Original source and edition

Adapted from Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen.

A short, abridged Spanish retelling by Read Spanish Daily, adapted from the original English novel. Events and dialogue are simplified for each reading level; this is not the complete novel or a literal translation.

Pride and Prejudice — Project Gutenberg eBook 1342, English text. Project Gutenberg, 1998.

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