Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”. That well known line opens the well loved story of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy. The story opens with the Bennett family,specifically the mother giddy that a rich gentleman is moving into the neighborhood and what that could mean for her five daughters. Jane and Elizabeth are the two eldest daughters and Mrs.Bennett schemes that Jane and Mr.Bingly, the gentleman in question, should fall in love. Jane and Bingly do fall in love in spite of her mother but are kept apart later by his sisters and his friend Darcy. Mr.Darcy does not make a good first impression on the neighborhood, especially on Elizabeth, and is considered prideful and arrogant by her and others of her immediate circle of friends. Things change throughout the story however that change Elizabeth and Darcy and how they perceive each other. I love how they go from adversaries to realizing that they were wrong with how they treated each other. They fall in  love, to the surprise of all thier friends and family, who think Darcy and Elizabeth dislike each other. I love how Elizabeth stands her ground when Darcy’s snooty aunt confronts her about  Darcy. Jane and Elizabeth receive thier happy ending with Bingly and Darcy, to the happiness of all involved . I love this story because of the great character development, especially between Lizzie and Darcy. At the beginning they did not like each other, but circumstances happen and both of them change in their opinions of one another and in some aspects of their character. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #janeausten #books #fiction