Summary of Pride and Prejudice
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Summary of Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is one of the earliest works of Jane Austen and one of her most famous novels. The theme of the book is simply "coming of age" because the two main characters are personally growing and realizing their short-comins throughout the story.
The story starts with the coming of Charles Bingley to the village of Longbourn which received with a great interest by villagers, especially Bennet family. Mrs. Bennet wants to marry one of her five daughters with this handsome and wealthy man. Her biggest desire in life is to marry her daughters with prosperous gentlemen in first place. This desire becomes real before long, in a neighborhood ball Mr. Bingley and the eldest daughter of Bennets, Jane falls in love with each other and the second daughter Elizabeth also get acuinted with Mr. Bingley's good friend Mr. Darcy. But their first impressions with each other don't resemble our former couple's. As time passes Ms. Bingley and Mr. Darcy starts to grow a distaste about Jane Bennet's family an wants to separate the couple. Around this time, Elizabeth meets a soldier named Mr. Wickham and hears his tragic story with Mr. Darcy. She then learns that Mr. Darcy has taken steps to hinder Jane's happiness with Mr. Bingley, and Elizabeth's negative feelings and prejudices against Mr. Darcy intensify. Mr. Darcy, unlike Elizabeth, is quite fond of her and after a while, he can't stand it any longer and proposes to Elizabeth. Elizabeth of course refuses this offer.
However, after a while, Elizabeth's mistake is revealed when her youngest sister runs off with Mr. Wickham. Mr. Darcy is not a bad person, contrary to popular belief. Mr. Wickham is a gambler who had tricked Darcy's sister into marrying him. When Elizabeth learns all these facts, she realizes how prejudiced she is, and she begins to like Darcy. The story ends with the two getting married.