Pride And Prejudice
(Jane Austen)
Write your abstract here.
The Bennett family consists of a disillusioned father, a talkative and not
very
bright mother whose only aim in life is to get her five daughters married
off
advantageously. They live in genteel poverty in the mid 19th century
and this
is an age when only a good marriage will ensure a girl eats in her old
age.
Netherfield, the large house in the village, is rented by Mr Bingley a
benign
and rich tenant. His sisters are not impressed by Mrs Bennett, but like
Jane,
her eldest. Mr Bingley loves her but is deflected by his friend Mr Darcy,
even
richer than he is, very grand, and full of his own importance it seems.
Elizabeth, the second eldest daughter, dislikes him, and he her, at first
meeting but both are in fact attracted to each other.
Lydia runs off with the disreputable Mr Wickham, who has upset Mr
Darcy's
sister, Jane eventually marries Mr Bingley, and Elizabeth and Darcy
eventually
get together and admit they do love each other. Mrs Bennett is
delighted, Mr
Bingley's sisters less so. A romantic, crisply written book, well observed.
An
excellent representation of the time, highlighting all the social manners
and
preoccupations. Minor characters are spot on - Mr Collins the pompous
curate, his appalling and hoity toity benefactress, Lady Catherine de
Bourgh,
the misses Bingley, Elizabeth's close friend Charlotte Lucas who marries
Mr
Collins for a secure future, even though she, like her friend, rather
despises
hm.
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