Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen tells us the heart-warming story of getting the man of your dreams and

d all the troubles that are connected with it. The Bennett family are living a calm and quiet life in Longbourn. But tempers are rising high when news enters the house that a certain Mr. Bingley, a young man of good fortune, is going to become their neighbour. What a chance for silly Mrs. Bennett to get one of her five daughters married! Will it be her eldest, the beautiful and charming Jane, who gets all of Mr. Bingleys attention? Or is it going to be her less beautiful, but very sensible and witty sister Elizabeth, who will make the big match? With the arrival of Mr. Bingley, his proud and mysterious friend Mr. Darcy, and, later in the story, clergyman Mr. Collins and Officer Mr. Wickham, Mrs. Bennett finds herself surrounded by possible matches for her daughters. With embarrassing simple-mindedness and not exactly subtle advances she tries her best to get those mens attention for her daughters. And except Mr. Collins, she succeeds in having each of them married to one of her daughters by the end of the story: Mr. Bingley finds himself attached to Jane, while Mr. Darcy turns out to be the perfect husband for Elizabeth, and Mr. Wickham, the villain of the story, finally has to settle for Lydia, the youngest of the girls. Mr. Collins, an unintentionally funny pastor and a cousin of Mr. Bennetts, who is to inherit the Bennett estate after the death of Mr. Bennett, firstly sees it as his duty to propose to one of the Bennett girls. But after being rejected by Elizabeth, he finally turns his eyes on her good friend Charlotte Lucas, and marries her instead. Looking at Jane, it seems predictable that she is going to have the least trouble with her man, because Mr. Bingley immediately falls in love with her, and she, too, is very fond of him. But due to her mothers silliness and stupidity, and unfortunately also to Janes reservation, Mr. Darcy gets the impression that his dear friend is only being liked for his money, and that Janes only interest is to be married to a wealthy man. For this reason, he gives his friend the advice to leave her. Mr. Bingley follows this advice, and Jane remains heartbroken. But due to fortunate circumstances and the intervention of Mr. Darcy himself, they finally get together. Talking about Mr. Darcy, there seems to be nothing that he and Elizabeth have in common at the beginning of the story: She has an uncomplicated, funny and witty nature; he is rather snobbish, proud and reserved. Almost each time they meet, things end up in a quarrel, and Elizabeth hates and teases him frankly. But her eyes open when Mr. Wickham, the former centre of her admiration, turns out to be a liar, and she has to admit that she had done injustice to Mr. Darcy, who is willing to forgive her. They finally get married and live happily ever after.