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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is one of the best classics of all time that was published in 1813. In this book, Jane Austen has beautifully portrayed the concept of "Pride and Prejudice" and the fact that how deep-rooted they are in our society even today. This novel throws light on one of the major issues of inheritance of property in England at that time when women weren’t given many rights. And, most importantly they weren't given their due share in the wealth of their father if they had some male relations alive who could take the charge of the property.

Pride and Prejudice also address this communal attitude of people to find a husband for their daughters who should be twice as rich as themselves or even more is better. So this is the story of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet who live in the town of Longbourn with their five daughters. One day Mrs. Bennet asks his husband to pay a visit to a rich young guy named Mr. Bingley, who was to settle in one of the famous big mansions at Netherfield. The motive behind this visit was clear to Mrs. Bennet that it would prove beneficial to one of her daughters to get married to a rich man and become the owner of a big property. With this scheme set up in Mr. and Mrs. Bennets' minds, Mr. Bennet wished this to go in favor her dearest daughter Elizabeth while Mrs. Bennet wanted her eldest daughter Jane to get married who, she thought, was far more beautiful than Elizabeth and even surpassed all her daughters in beauty and charm.

With the arrival of Mr. Bingley and him meeting the daughters of Bennets', he gets spellbound by the beauty and charm of Jane and he does fall in love with her. But how can a story be complete without some intrusion from friends and sisters and some other people?

Mr. Bingley starts living in Netherfield with his two sisters and a friend named Mr. Darcy. The evening, Mr. Darcy enters the hall full of people in the gathering at Netherfield, everyone is mesmerized by his tall and handsome appearance and the charm of his personality. But sadly, this charisma only lasts for a few minutes since it all evaporates when people get to know of Mr. Darcy being proud and conceit. He is the kind of person who pays no attention to people whom he is not acquainted with, so he barely talks to anyone. This leaves people with a strongly negative view about Mr. Darcy and so does Elizabeth develops a prejudiced belief about Mr. Darcy being proud and dismissive.

With such opinions formed, the story progresses with several interactions between Mr. Bingley and Jane, and also Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. But there are going to be events that would change the feelings between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy but who do you think will fall for the other first?

What do you think that forming an opinion about someone based on their first impression is really enough to judge their character and personality? You are going to see a lot of prejudice on part of Elizabeth whenever it comes to Mr. Darcy. But let me tell you one thing that till the middle of the book you are going to fall in love with Mr. Darcy for soo many reasons.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Another thing that I loved a lot about this book was the way that it highlighted the importance of parents to keep a check on the interests and activities of their children. They must teach their children to have some limits and behave as such. Otherwise, the results of faulty and neglectful parenting might result in an insensible and selfish person who only cares for their own happiness. Wanna know who I'm talking about here? She is going to be one of the daughters of Bennets' but I won't tell your her name. Give the book a read and I'm sure you'll love it.