PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (SPOILER)-by Cristina Barreto

                PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

I think “Pride and Prejudice” is my favorite book. I read it last month and I really enjoyed it.
The book was written by Jane Austen, one of my favorite writers, and it was published on January 28^th, 1813. It’s one of the most famous works of English literature.

The story is about the Bennet family (Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters). The main characters are Elizabeth Bennet (the second daughter) and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich man.

The Bennets are a humble family, and when two rich men (Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy) arrive in the village, all what Mrs. Bennet want is that her oldest daughters (Elizabeth and Jane) married them.

They hold a dance at the village, and the Bennets use the occasion for meeting the rich men. Mr. Bingley is very nice, but everybody finds Mr. Darcy prideful because he doesn’t talk to anyone and he rejects all the ladies who offer him to dance. Elizabeth Bennet is one of those ladies.

Elizabeth, who is very offended, considers Darcy unpleasant and prideful, and her mother and she hate him since that moment.

But the Bennets don’t know that Mr. Darcy finds Elizabeth very beautiful and he has fallen in love with her. The days after, he tries to talk to her, but she doesn't want to listen to him. She has too many prejudices about Mr. Darcy.

During the next months, they have several encounters. Darcy is increasingly in love with Elizabeth, but she doesn’t pay attention to him. Anyway, one day Darcy asks Elizabeth to marry him, but she doesn’t accept, saying that he is too prideful and selfish.

The next day, Mr. Darcy writes her a letter, apologizing for all the bad things he has done to her and her family. After reading this letter, Elizabeth finally understands that Darcy is a good person and she starts to slowly fall in love with him.

In their next encounters, Darcy is very nice with her and her family. She is surprised, because she couldn’t believe how Darcy has changed. It is at that moment when she realizes how much he loves her, and she starts regretting not having accepted his marriage proposal.

Mr. Darcy notices the change that has occurred in Elizabeth, so he asks her to marry him again. This time Elizabeth accepts the proposal. They finally get married, and Jane marries Mr. Bingley.