Written by Niha Hasan
"This is the beginning of their timeless love story."
Written in the Georgian Era, Pride and Prejudice is a whimsical love story about life among English social superiorities and the elite. Mr. Bennet, one of the elitists, is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his wife and the 5 Bennet daughters: beautiful Jane, intelligent Elizabeth, bookish Mary, immature Kitty and genial Lydia. However, the most unfortunate circumstances surrounding the Bennets is, if Mr. Bennet dies, their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they never met. As a result, the Bennet family’s happiness and security depend on their daughters making good marriages, which drives the plot of the story. That’s why the daughters start looking for rich husbands, which causes them to discover more about themselves and the society around them.
At that time, the wealthy bachelor Mr. Bingley and his proud best friend Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy arrives in town to spend the summer in a mansion near the Bennets. That is when the beautiful Jane falls in love with Mr. Bingley, and Lizzy (Elizabeth) finds Mr. Darcy.
This is the beginning of their timeless love story. After some issues, their story ends with Jane’s marriage to Mr. Bingley and Lizzy’s marriage to Mr. Darcy.
Pride and Prejudice is therefore a journey of emotions of the pride within Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth as they discover one another. I’ve only seen the movie adaptation once, yet, I know that this is an absolutely genuine story. Mr. Darcy changes drastically for Elizabeth, which attracted me a lot as a reader. He helped her in many ways, and that’s what I love the most about Mr. Darcy. Because of his actions, there was such a “love conquerors all” theme that was given off at the end of the story. The overall messages that I get through this book are about the values of marriage, or the steadiness of love versus charging money or social position.
