The news that a wealthy young gentleman named Charles Bingley has rented the manor of Netherfield Park causes a great stir in the nearby village of Longbourn, especially in the Bennet household. The Bennets have five unmarried daughters—from oldest to youngest, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia—and Mrs. Bennet is desperate to see them all married. After Mr. Bennet pays a social visit to Mr. Bingley, the Bennets attend a ball at which Mr. Bingley is present. He is taken with Jane and spends much of the evening dancing with her. His close friend, Mr. Darcy, is less pleased with the evening and refuses to dance with Elizabeth, which makes everyone view him as arrogant and obnoxious. However, during social activities in the next few weeks makes Mr.Darcy attracted to Elizabeth all while his friend, Mr.Bingley, spend all time with her sister Jane. During her visit to his mansion, she is caught in a downpour and by the time she reached the house she fell sick in his bed. Elizabeth pays visit to her where she meets snobbish Miss. Bingley, Charles's sister, whose spite grows bigger after she notices affection of Mr.Darcy toward Elizabeth. Two sisters arrive home after few days where they meet their foolish cousin Mr.Collins who makes proposal of marriage to Elizabeth which she refuses, hurting his pride later on. Meanwhile, all five sisters enjoy the company of military officers, stationed near the town. Among them is handsome Mr.Wickham who gets friendly with Elizabeth and tell her all about how Mr.Darcy cheated on him regarding his inheritance. Soon after that, upon arrival of the winter, Mr.Bingley and Mr.Darcy are going back to London. In the meanwhile, Elizabeth receives a letter from her cousin Charlotte who says she's getting married to Mr.Collins after which Elizabeth promises to visit them in their home. By that time, Jane decides to visit friends in London in hope to see Mr.Bingley again, but she meets his snobbish sister instead who behaves rude with her and ruins her dreams of marriage. She comes back home sad.
In spring, Elizabeth pays visit to Charlotte and Mr.Collins and meets Mr.Darcy's aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Mr.Darcy calls her and upon arrival meets Elizabeth who he proposes suddenly just few days after. Elizabeth refuses saying how he is arrogant and unpleasant, accusing him for unsuccessful relationship between Mr.Bingley and Jane as well as cheating on Mr.Wickham regarding his inheritance. Mr.Darcy leaves but soon after he writes her a letter where he confesses how he influenced relationship between Mr.Bingley and Jane just because he thought thier romance wasn't real and the real reason why he cheated on Mr.Wickham is because he wanted to distant him from his sister, Georgiana Darcy who was too young. After reading a letter, Elizabeth changes her feeling for Mr.Darcy and heads back home where she confronts Mr.Wickham who is leaving the town with other officers soon after. Meanwhile, younger Bennet sister, Lydia, gets permission from their father to spend summer where Wickham will be stationed next and Elizabeth goes on another journey, this time to Pemberley, Darcy's estate. She visits his home with Charlotte and Mr.Collins after assuming Mr.Darcy isn't there but he shows up suddenly and acts warmly with her, inviting her to meet his sister.
Shortly after, a letter arrives from home where it says how Lydia left with Wickham and that they are nowhere to be found. After Mr.Bennet returned home from futile attempt to fin her, they receive a letter from Mr.Gardiner where it says a couple are being alright and Wickham has agreed to marry Lydia in exchange for annual income. They arrive home where Mr.Bennet treats them coldly and soon they head to the North of England where Wickham gets new assignment.
Soon after Mr.Bingley comes back to Netherfield where he meets with Jane again and resumes their relationship after which they get engaged. Mr.Darcy pays visit as well but he doesn't mention anything about his desire to marry Elizabeth. In the meanwhile, his aunt visit Elizabeth and ask of her to promise she will not accept Mr.Darcy's proposal which Elizabeth refuses. She goes for a walk with Mr.Darcy where he confess her how his feelings for her never changed since spring and they both realizes they are in love with each other. She accepts his marriage proposal and both couple, Jane and Bingley, Elizabeth and Darcy attend their wedding the same day.

Relaxing. Even though characters' connection in this novel may seem confusing, Austen's writing style and humour wraps it all up nicely where everyone gets what they deserves.

Austen's writing style and era in which the novel is written. I have always dreamed of Victorian period (yes, I know Austen doesn't really belong here) because of the way man treated women, and especially because of cloths they wore back then. I also like that her romances aren't dramatic and characters' development. She created one of the most desirable male character ever. Even today, even if you don't like Austen, even if you never read any of her novels, you still know who Mr.Darcy is .

Watch BBC's series from 1995. This is one of the best Pride and Prejudice TV adoptions ever.

like I lived in that period. I've read Pride and Prejudice couple of times, I watched TV adoptions couple of times as well because it never fails to bring me back in time when women were ladies and men were gentlemen, with their sophisticated manners.

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works include Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. Her biting social commentary and masterful use of both free indirect speech and irony eventually made Austen one of the most influential and honored novelists in English Literature.

It is not like other romance stories out there. Even though her characters are maybe too complicated, or sometimes, readers have hard time to accept Austen's life philosophy- 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.' her witty writing style and dedication to each character's feeling in the novel is admirable to me. Maybe I just love happily ever after in romantic novels so I find it appealing.. I don't know. But, definitely, if you love nice romance, without too much drama this classic is the best choice always.

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