Pride And Perjudice

Pride and Prejudice
The novel describes a little over a year in the life of a small group of young people in the countryside near London at the turn of the century (the eighteenth to the nineteenth) reign of George III. In the center of this society is the lovely and very foolish Bennet family, with five marriageable daughters, aged between 15 and 23 years (highest to lowest: Jane, Elizabeth,Mary, Kitty and Lydia finally). Mrs. Bennet sees marriage as the only hope for their daughters since the death of Mr. Bennet girls remain stranded when Mr. Collins (heir of all because the property is tied) qualifies. The link, a sort of trust, means that only transmitted through the male line, so that the death of father, mother and daughters lost most of fortune. Mrs. Bennet is excited by the newsof the arrival of a single man "of considerable fortune" to the neighborhood: Charles Bingley. Mr. Bingley has rented Netherfield farm where he plans to temporarily settle with his two sisters, Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst and her brother, Mr. Hurst. Mrs. Bennet hopes to marry one of her daughters with Mr. Bingley. Soon after, Bingley and his group, which now includes his close friend, FitzwilliamDarcy, attend a public dance in the village of Meryton. At first, Darcy admire, because of his elegant figure and income of £ 10,000 a year. However, neighbors quickly consider proud, someone who despises them as socially inferior. In fact they considered the Bennet family when Elizabeth Bennet hears Darcy decline Bingley's suggestion that the kick to dance, it is not beautiful enough to deservetheir attention. This comment strikes at the pride and takes every opportunity to use their ingenuity, irony bordering permitted tolerances of a young woman. Bingley, meanwhile, is very pleasant. Dancing with several girls available on site, but from the beginning shows a decided admiration for Jane Bennet, the eldest sister. Eager to encourage this union so advantageous, Mrs. Bennet tries toforce that Jane and Bingley can be found together. For this, after the first dance is invited Jane to Netherfield (Bingley rented house) where falls ill with pneumonia, so Elizabeth walks up there to look after her. This leads to teasing by Bingley's sisters but some admiration awakened in Darcy, who can not stop staring. During the following days, they talk a lot while she is caring for her sicksister, and almost always end up arguing which disturbs and causes Elizabeth Darcy admire her for her wit and vivacity, as well as his expressive eyes. Shortly after the dance, Mr. Collins, the cousin who will inherit the Bennet estate, family visit. Collins is a comic figure, a cleric pompous buffoon whose idea of ​​a pleasant evening is reading to their raw Fordyce's Sermons, is pleased to drop eachtime the name of his great patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Following the urgent suggestion that Lady Catherine should marry, Collins has decided to offset its future role in the impoverishment of his cousins ​​marrying one of them. One evening, Mr. William Lucas suggests to Elizabeth as dance partner to Darcy and she rejects him because he had previously said that would not dance with her,but for a second ball held at Netherfield he asks for a dance and she accepts. During the ball coolly discussed and Elizabeth (Lizzy) every time he supports less. Meanwhile, Darcy admires more each time, but not fail to notice the terrible behavior of her younger sisters, her mother (who keeps boasting that Bingley will marry Jane) and his father, which makes the dismissed as a possible partner.Mr. Collins proposes to Elizabeth, but it sharply rejects. Although Mrs. Bennet tries to promote marriage, Mr. Bennet supports the decision of his favorite daughter. Meanwhile, Elizabeth begins to fall for a newly arrived officer, Mr. Wickham, who claims to have been deprived of his rightful inheritance by none other than Mr. Darcy, which strengthens the disapproval of Elizabeth, given the...