Resumo de Pride And Pejudice

"Pride and Pejudice" is the story of a love at "second sight", set in
the England of the waning 18th century. Elizabeth Bennet lives,
together with her parents and four sisters, on the small country estate
Longbourn in respectable but simple circumstances. One day, the family
gets to know that Netherfield Park Mansion has been rented by the
young, wealthy and unmarried Mr Bingley from London. Mrs Bennet, the
girls' mother, instantly scents a "bon parti" and urges her husband to
pay his respects to Mr Bingley. Mr Bennet bears his wife's tempers
placidly. From time to time he, who mostly lives in his own world,
comments her featherbrained and sometimes inapt utterances with
sarcastical remarks. His two oldest daughters Elizabeth and Jane are
his favorites, Elizabeth being his most beloved. His wife is stupid and
quarrelsome. The content of her life is to achieve the most
advantageous marriage of her daughters as well as the neighborhood
gossip. Lydia, the youngest daughter, whose character is quite like her
own, is her favorite and accordingly spoiled. At the next big ball the
family meets Mr Bingley in whose entourage they find Mr Darcy, a friend
of Bingley's who is similarly rich and also unmarried. Frank and
amiable as he is, Mr Bingley pleases everyone. He falls in love with
Jane Bennet who returns his love in a mild and still way. While Mr
Darcy is at first admired by all for his looks and fortune, this soon
changes since it becomes clear that he condescends proudly
and arrogantly on the others present. Although Elizabeth is often
embarrassed by the behavior of her mother and younger sister, she
dislikes Darcy's condescending behavior so that her judgment upon him
is soon clear. Whenever the two of them meet later on, they crosstalk
fervidly. Since Elizabeth is not only ingenious but also attractive and
Mr Darcy much better than his reputation, the result is easy to guess:
Darcy falls in love with Elizabeth but does not want to admit it
because his pride and social status do not allow such a relation. This
is why he believes he be doing his friend a favor by turning him away
from a relationship with Jane. Darcy misinterprets Jane's quiet way and
holds that, because of her social background, her interest in the
relationship must be of a purely financial nature. At the same time he
cannot fight his feelings. He confesses his love to Elizabeth and
proposes to her in a very arrogant manner so that she declines.
Elizabeth already knew that Darcy cut the relation between Bingley and
her sister Jane. Besides, she has met Wickham, who, as a foster child,
had grown up with Darcy and defamed him strongly. In a letter Darcy
rebuts Wickham's lies who had tried to seduce Darcy's sister Georgiana.
After his proposal, Elizabeth and Darcy do not meet for a while but
then Elizabeth undertakes a journey to a place near Darcy's country
estate Pemberley with her aunt and uncle whose name is Gardiner. They
do not know about Elizabeth's entanglement and want to visit the
estate. Their niece does not like this idea and only agrees after
finding out that the mansion's master is not present at the time. Thus,
they are led about the wonderful estate. To Elizabeth's surprise the
housekeeper finds but positive words for Mr Darcy whom she knows since
he was a child. Through the housekeeper's account, Elizabeth's
prejudices begin to falter. On their way to the park, Mr Darcy suddenly
appears. Elizabeth is embarrassed by the encounter and Darcy is equally
confused. But then he treats Elizabeth and the Gardiners with perfect
politeness, accompanies them through the park and asks whether her
parents find themselves well. His behavior has completely changed and
Elizabeth's dislike dwindles. From now on Elizabeth comes to Pemberley
more often and on that occasion meets Mr Bingley and Darcy's sister
Georgiana. In Darcy's presence she receives a desperate letter from
Longbourn: Her younia has run away with Wickham and
nobody knows where she is. If Wickham does not marry her, which is
highly probable, the whole family will be dishonored. Full of despair
Elizabeth returns to Longbourn. If Darcy has ever thought about
renewing his proposal, he won't ever do it now, of that she is sure.
She does not know that Darcy has travelled to London, found Wickham and
has bribed him into marrying Lydia. The Gadiners are the only ones to
know about his noble deed. But Elizabeth senses something and maltreats
her aunt until she admits the truth. Some time later Mr Bingley visits
Longbourn accompanied by Mr Darcy who has become pensive and
uncommunicative and Elizabeth loses a bit of her courage. A few days
later Bingley reappears and proposes to Jane. Darcy comes to Longbourn
too and during a walk asks Elizabeth once more to become his wife.
Elizabeth agrees most happily because she has by now got rid of her
prejudices and has fallen in love with Darcy.

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