The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority,
and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the
world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry,' said Elizabeth Bennet. And so
Elizabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against
him? And what of the other Bennet girls - their fortunes, and misfortunes, in
the business of getting husbands? This famous novel by Jane Austen is full of
wise and humorous observation of the people and manners of her times.