This book, Pride and Prejudice, is written by Jane Austen, who was born in 1775 in England. Austen is mostly known for her insightful and captivating novel in English language. Throughout her lifetime, she has written six novels, five got published, one didn’t due to her ailing health conditions and soon she died.
Published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice revolves around the theme that pride and prejudice can hinder relationships. The story starts with Mr. and Mrs. Bennet with their five daughters who live in Longbourn. Mrs. Bennet is always obsessed to marry her daughters with wealthy men. One day, she gets excited to know that a rich man named “Mr. Bingley” along with his friend “Mr. Darcy” has moved in their neighborhood. Mrs. Bennet couldn’t stop her eagerness. So, the next day, Mrs. Bennet, along with her daughters, goes to her new neighbor with the hope that her daughters might be liked by the two men.
Pride and Prejudice revolves around the theme that pride and prejudice can hinder relationships.
Mr Bingley is a charming man and friendly to everyone, but his friend Mr Darcy is a proud and distant man especially to Elizabeth, the second eldest daughter. Darcy doesn’t like to communicate with any woman and considers himself as a wealthy man. This annoys Elizabeth a lot, as she considers Dancy an arrogant and wealthy man. Meanwhile, Bingley develops feelings for the eldest daughter “Jane”, but Darcy disapproves it because of Mrs. Bennet’s traditional thoughts and behavior. To separate them, he convinces his friend to leave Netherland and go to London.
With the passage of time, Darcy realizes his feelings for Elizabeth and decides to go back to Netherfield with his friend, Bingley. As they reach Netherfield, Darcy proposes Elizabeth and Bingley proposes Jane. Elizabeth also realizes her prejudice and apolozies to Mr Darcy expressing her love for him. In the end, two of the daughters of Mrs Bennet get married to wealthy men.
It highlights the importance of recognizing people’s inner appearance instead of judging them by their external appearance.
Pride and prejudice is a wonderful novel that teaches how to judge people’s character and understand their true nature. It highlights the importance of recognizing people’s inner appearance instead of judging them by their external appearance. The book also teaches the lesson that the people who show appearance might not be kind-hearted inside—as they seem. On the other hand, the people who show proud and confidence may have a genuine innocence with them .
Overall, I recommend Pride and Prejudice to every young reader especially, those who are interested in watching series, as this novel has a great connection to television adaptations.
About the Author:
Mahnoor Javed
SIT AlumniMahnoor Javed is the first female student to give a book review for SIT Readers’ Club at SIT Hub. She regularly writes letters to different newspapers.