Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

BACKGROUND

Jane Austen was from England and she was alive during the late 1700’s/early 1800’s. She was the chick who wrote Sense and Sensibility (that bad artsy film). She wrote about society in England and how people needed money and stuff. The title comes from the 2 main qualities of the main characters. Darcy has too much pride (he’s cocky) and Elizabeth has too much prejudice (hatred) for Darcy. As soon as they get rid of these feelings, they fall in love.

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

Elizabeth Bennett: She’s the main chick in the story. She’s about 21. She is smart and full of personality. In the beginning she hates Darcy, but then starts to love him.

Fitzwilliam Darcy: He’s the main dude in the story. He is rich and handsome. He’s also REALLY cocky and thinks he’s the shit. He starts to become "un-cocky" as he falls in love with Elizabeth. He realizes that to win her heart he has to be a nice guy.

Jane Bennett: She is the hottest of the sisters. She hides her emotions a lot.

Charles Bingley: He is a rich, handsome dude. He falls in love with Jane. His self-esteem is a little low.

Mr. Bennett: Jane and Elizabeth’s daddy. He isn’t very happy with his marriage or his family. He is really pisses he doesn’t have a son to give the estate to in his will.

George Wickham: He’s a handsome dude. In the beginning Wickham tells Elizabeth a lie about how Darcy cheated him out of money. she believes him and he SEEMS like a nice guy. Elizabeth has so much "prejudice" against Darcy, that she doesn’t doubt Wickham at all. Then we find out he is a scumbag who likes young girls.

Charlotte Lucas: Elizabeth’s friend. She’s not very pretty. She marries Rev. Collins, not for love, but so she’ll have a secure life.

 

PLOT

The story starts out with the Bennett family in their "estate" called Longburn. This good looking rich dude named Mr. Bingley movies into their neighborhood. Bingley has the hots for Jane Bennett. Bingley’s friend Darcy doesn’t like them together because he thinks Jane is white trash. So Darcy plans with Bingley’s sisters to break them up. Meanwhile, Darcy has the hots for Jane’s sister Elizabeth.

Elizabeth thinks Darcy is a rich asshole. She hears lots of bad stuff about him and how he’s a prick to people. She hears he’s cheated George Wickham out of his inheritance. then Wickham and Elizabeth fall in love because he’s a good looking dude.

Mr. Bennett has no son, so his estate goes to his closest male relative. The closest relative is this dude named Mr. Collins. He’s an arrogant priest. He ends up marrying Elizabeth’s friend Charlotte. She marries him to get away from her crappy life.

Elizabeth sees Charlotte a lot. Darcy goes to visit his aunt a lot. They run into each other. Darcy asks Elizabeth to marry him but she still says no, because he’s a prick. She’s mad that he screwed up Jane and Bingley’s love affair and also cheated Wickham. Darcy admits to screwing with Jane and Bingley, but tells her that Wickham is a jerk. Elizabeth believes him. then Elizabeth goes on a trip with her aunt and uncle. They go to Darcy’s mansion. His housekeeper tells her what a sweetheart the guy is.

Then everyone finds out that Wickham ran away with Lydia Bennett, who is 16 years old (cradle robber). Elizabeth feels stupid for trusting Wickham and not Darcy. Darcy goes and finds the couple. He basically pays off Wickham to leave Lydia. Elizabeth finds out what good deeds Darcy did and starts to really like him. Bingley marries Jane and Elizabeth agrees to marry Darcy.

 

CHAPTER BY CHAPTER

Chapter 1-3

Chapter 4-6

Chapters 7-9

Chapter 10-12

Chapter 13-15

Chapters 16-18

Chapters 19-21

Chapters 22-24

Chapters 25-27

Chapters 28-30

Chapters 31-33

Chapters 34-36

Chapters 37-39

Chapters 40-42

Chapters 46-48

Chapters 49-51

Chapters 52-54

Chapters 55-57

Chapters 58-61

 

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