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Bennet, a little squire, is the daughter of five maids. Mrs. Bennet worries about finding a satisfactory husband for her daughters all day. Bingley, the new neighbor, is a rich bachelor, and he immediately became the target of Mrs. Bennet's pursuit. At a ball, Bingley fell in love with Jane, the eldest daughter of Bennet's family, and Mrs. Bennet was ecstatic.
Also attending the ball was Bentley's good friend Darcy. He is handsome and rich, and his income is several times that of Bentley Many girls cast envious eyes at him. But he is too proud. He thinks none of them are worthy to be his companions, including Jane's sister Elizabeth.
Darcy told Bentley that she (Elizabeth) was "tolerant" but not enough to interest him. Elizabeth was so proud that she decided to ignore this arrogant guy. But not long after, Darcy took a fancy to her lively and lovely behavior and invited her to dance at another dance. Elizabeth agreed to dance with Darcy, and Darcy gradually changed his opinion of Elizabeth.
Caroline, Bingley's sister, is bent on marrying Darcy, who is cold to her. When she found out that Darcy had a crush on Elizabeth, she was furious and determined to stop it.
Although Darcy appreciates Elizabeth, he can't stand the rude behavior of her mother and sisters. He was worried that Jane didn't love Bentley, so he persuaded Bentley to give up marrying Jane. Persuaded by his sister and good friend Darcy, Bentley left without saying goodbye and went to London, but Jane was still affectionate to him.
Mr. Bennet has no son. According to the law at that time, the Bennett family's property could only be inherited by men (note: British daughters could inherit property at that time, but the Bennett family's property was special, see "limited inheritance"), while the Bennett family's daughter could only get 5,000 pounds as a dowry, so his property would be inherited by distant relative Collins.
Stupid and flattering Collins became a priest by virtue of his power. He proposed to Elizabeth, but after being rejected, he immediately married her close friend Charlotte, which also brought Elizabeth a lot of trouble.
There is a handsome young officer named Wickham in the militia of the nearby town. Everyone praised him and Elizabeth took a fancy to him.
One day, he told Elizabeth that his father was the head of Darcy's family. In his will, Darcy's father suggested that Darcy give him a fortune to become a priest with dignity, but this property was swallowed up by Darcy. In fact, Wickham squandered his inheritance and tried to lure Darcy's sister georgiana to elope. ) Elizabeth is even more disgusted with Darcy when she hears this. ?
The Collins invited Elizabeth to their home, where Elizabeth met Catherine, Darcy's menstruating wife, and was invited to visit her villa in Rosings. Soon, I met Darcy who came here for Easter. Darcy couldn't restrain his affection for Elizabeth and proposed to her, but his attitude was still so arrogant, and Elizabeth had a serious prejudice against him before, so she resolutely refused his proposal.
This blow made Darcy realize the consequences of conceit for the first time. He left her in pain, leaving a long letter with several explanations: he admitted that Bingley left without saying goodbye because he was dissatisfied with the frivolity and vulgarity of Mrs. Bennet and Miss Bennet (excluding Jane and Elizabeth) and thought that Jane did not really fall in love with Bingley;
Wickham told all the lies. In fact, Wickham squandered his inheritance and tried to lure Darcy's sister georgiana to elope. Elizabeth felt very sorry after reading the letter. She felt guilty for being wrong about Darcy, and ashamed of the behavior of her mother and sister.
The next summer, Elizabeth and her uncle and aunt came to Darcy's manor Pemberley. At the housekeeper's door, she learned that Darcy was highly respected in the local area and took good care of his sister georgiana. Elizabeth met Darcy, who had just arrived home in the Woods, and found that his attitude was greatly improved. She was also polite to her uncles in menstruation, and gradually her prejudice against him was eliminated.
Just then, Elizabeth received a letter from home, saying that her sister Lydia had eloped with Wickham, who owed a lot of gambling debts. This family scandal made Elizabeth very embarrassed, thinking that Darcy would look down on herself even more.
But the truth is beyond her expectation. After learning the above news, Darcy tried his best to solve the problem for her-not only paid off Wickham's gambling debt, but also gave him a huge sum of money to marry Lydia. Since then, Elizabeth's prejudice against Darcy has all turned into sincere love.
Bentley and Jane made up after many twists and turns, and a pair of lovers were immersed in joy. Lady Catherine, who wanted her daughter to marry Darcy, rushed in and arrogantly asked Elizabeth to promise not to marry Darcy. Elizabeth flatly rejected this unreasonable request. This matter spread to Searle.
He knew that Elizabeth had changed her opinion of herself (he later confessed to Elizabeth: You are too ordinary to treat me like a joke, and you are too sincere and generous to fool me), and he proposed to her sincerely. At this point, a pair of lovers who postponed their marriage because of arrogance and prejudice finally got married.
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Jane Austen wrote this book from 1796 to 1797 in Stevenson, Hampshire, England.
18 1 1 year, the original title was First Impression, and later it was renamed Pride and Prejudice. Both the hero and heroine in the book show arrogance and prejudice. It cannot be said that arrogance represents Darcy and prejudice represents Elizabeth.
18 13, published by Mr. Eggleton of Whitehall Military Library Press. 18 1 1 year, this publishing house published Jane Austen's famous novel Sense and Sensibility, which gained a good reputation, so it decided to publish Pride and Prejudice.
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