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Published in 1813, ‘Pride and Prejudice’ has found its place in the most-loved books of all time.
If it has happened to you initially that you didn’t like someone then gradually you fall in love with them then certainly the story will resonate with you.
‘And they lived happily ever after’ truly justifies the ending of the novel. I just want to make it clear that the novel doesn’t end in tragedy.
All I can write about Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice is that it is a cult classic of English literature. The novel has seen a sale of more than 20 million copies.
Several films and series have been made with this novel’s story as their plot.
I believe that this article would not be complete if I don’t give you to read the summary of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen summary
‘Pride and Prejudice’ is centered around the Bennet family. The main lady Mrs. Bennet is blessed with 5 beautiful daughters. All her daughters are different.
Mrs. Bennet’s only agenda is to get all her daughters married as the estate of Bennet’s family would be inherited by Mr. Bennet’s distant cousin, William Collins in the event of Mr. Bennet’s death.
Charles Bingley, a rich and eligible bachelor arrives in the neighborhood.
The whole neighborhood attends a ball where Charles Bingley sees Jane Bennet, the eldest daughter of the Bennets, and develops a liking for her.
The ball is also attended by Mr. Darcy, a friend of Bingley who is believed to be twice as wealthier as Charles Bingley.
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Because Mr. Darcy is snobbish, the interaction between him and Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of the novel and the second eldest daughter of the Bennets, doesn’t go in the right direction when he declines to dance with her.
William Collins visits the Bennets. He is a pompous man interested in marrying any one of Bennet’s daughters but when he finds about Jane’s affair with Mr. Bingley, he proposes to marry Elizabeth.
Elizabeth declines Collins’ interest to marry which makes her mother angry and her father relieved. However, a friend of Elizabeth Charlotte Lucas accepts the proposal of William Collins on the promise of a comfortable life.
Mr. Darcy has also started developing feelings for Elizabeth but she remains unaware of his feelings.
Elizabeth meets George Wickham, a military officer, and son of Darcy’s late father’s steward, who tells her that Mr. Darcy has withheld his support of providing him a position as a cleric with good revenue.
After this Elizabeth starts disliking Mr. Darcy more.
During this time, Bingleys surprisingly move to London with no intention of returning.
Elizabeth learns during her visit to Rosings park from a cousin of Mr. Darcy that Mr. Darcy is the reason for the break up of Charles Bingley and Jane Bennett.
Mr. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth and she brutally declines his proposal accusing him of her sister’s unhappiness. She also blames him for the trouble he caused to Mr. Wickham.
Mr. Darcy later writes a letter to Elizabeth explaining to her that Wickham spent all the money that Mr. Darcy’s father gave him and is now asking for a living again. Wickham also tried to elope with Mr. Darcy’s 15-year-old sister to gain money in the form of dowry.
He also tells her in the same letter that he separated Charles Bingley and Jane Bennet because Jane did not reciprocate the same feelings.
The story takes turn when Elizabeth learns of her younger sister Lydia’s eloping with Wickham of which she informs Mr. Darcy. She also believes that Lydia has ruined the name of the Bennet family.
After a while, Lydia visits her family informing them that Wickham and she have married with Mr. Darcy present at the wedding. Elizabeth learns that Mr. Darcy has been the reason behind the marriage of her sister despite his motive of keeping his involvement a secret.
Mr. Darcy also encourages the patch-up of Mr. Bingley and Jane. Mr. Bingley proposes to Jane which she accepts. The gracious efforts of Mr. Darcy in fixing the displeasing circumstances of the Bennet family develop affection in Elizabeth for him and she finally accepts his proposal.
Elizabeth convinces her father that she is marrying Mr. Darcy for love, not money.
The novel gets a happy ending with Mr. and Mrs. Bennet satisfied seeing their two daughters marrying the right grooms.
Don’t you feel intrigued about buying and reading this amazing novel after reading its summary?
Well, you will develop more affection towards ‘Pride and Prejudice’ when you will read a few fabulous quotes from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”
“Angry people are not always wise.”
“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”
“What are men to rocks and mountains?”
“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”
“You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.”
“I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.”
“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?”
“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”
“Till this moment I never knew myself.”
“He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal.”
“My good opinion once lost is lost forever.”
“A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then.It is something to think of”
“The distance is nothing when one has a motive.”
“Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last”
“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”
“for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him.”
Mansfield Park
 
Mansfield Park was published in 1814. This novel is considered as the most controversial novel of Jane Austen because most of the characters in this novel are selfish and take decisions in favor of themselves.
Mansfield Park is full of errors in judgment of its main characters; if you’re impulsive and feel that your relationship is complicated then you can take several lessons from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen.
The main character of Mansfield Park is Fanny Price. She is sent to live with her aunt Mirs. Bertram and uncle Sir Thomas Bertram at the age of 10 where she initially faces mistreatment by Bertram’s children except one.
She is also not treated well by her other Aunt Mrs. Norris as well. Things take a turn when she grows a little older and siblings Henry and Mary Crawford come to live in Mansfield Park.
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