My Point on Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice, I think many people have read it. In pride and prejudice it portrays life in the genteel rural society of the day, and tells of the initial misunderstandings and later mutual enlightenment between Elizabeth and the haughty Darcy. The title Pride and Prejudice refers to the ways in which Elizabeth and Darcy first view each other.
In this novel the parents’ characters are greatly contrasted: Mr Bennet being a wise and witty gentleman; while Mrs Bennet is permanently distracted by the issue of marrying off her daughters at any cost. The reason for Mrs Bennet’s obsession is that their estate will pass by law after Mr Bennet’s death to his closest blood relative: his cousin, the Reverend William Collins. Austen’s tale is spurred on by the arrival of the young and wealthy bachelor Bingley and his friend Darcy. It is the story of the various affections, affectations and engagement shenanigans that develop due to Mrs Bennet’s relentless matchmaking and the dashing Darcy’s tempestuous relationship with Elizabeth who Jane Austen claimed was favourite amongst her literary offspring. Its 1797 earlier version was turned down for publication and it appeared in this form in 1813. Jane Austen herself called this brilliant work her “own darling child.” Austen has given us a multitude of characters, all, in a certain sense, commonplace, all such as we met every day. Yet they are all as perfectly discriminated from each other as if they were the most eccentric of human beings.
In “pride and prejudice”, there is no twist plot as well heart quaking scene, reverse, as if the author only write it casually. The graceful dialog in the book plays an important role in the depiction of the characters. So if you have not read this book, you can have a try.