Pride And Prejudice
Pride And PrejudiceThe story begins with the Bennet family in their estate, Longbourn in
Hertfordshire, a rural district about thirty miles from London. Mrs. Bennet
tells her husband about Mr. Bingley who is moving into their neighborhood.
She hopes he will end up marrying one of her daughters because her main
�goal� in life is to see her daughters married. Mr. Bingley is a rich and
handsome man with little self-esteem. He also falls in love with Jane, the
oldest of the Bennet sisters. Bingley�s friend, Darcy doesn�t like them
together because he doesn�t think too highly of Jane. Darcy is the main male
character in the story. He is also rich and handsome but very cocky. He plans
with the Bingley�s sisters to break up Mr. Bingley and Jane Bennet.
Meanwhile, Darcy has a �crush� on Jane�s sister Elizabeth. She is the main
female character, the second on the Bennet sisters and despises Darcy at first,
but later falls for him.
Elizabeth doesn�t like Darcy because she hears bad thing about him
and how he is rude to everyone. George Wickham told her Darcy cheated
him out of his inheritance. She believes him because she holds so much hate
for Darcy. Later she learns that George lied to her. But before she found out,
they almost fall in love.
Mr. Bennet has no son, so his estate will be given to his closest male
relative. The closest relative is his cousin, Mr. Collins. He is an arrogant
clergyman. He asks Elizabeth to marry him but she refuses. He ends up
marrying Elizabeth�s friend Charlotte Lucas. She married him not for love,
but so she will have a safe and secure life.
Elizabeth goes and sees Charlotte at Hunsford and Darcy comes to see
his aunt, who also lives there. His aunt�s name is Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
She is a rich, busy noblewoman. Elizabeth and Darcy run into each other.
Darcy asks Elizabeth to marry him but she says no because she still doesn�t
like him. She said she was upset because he...
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