Pride and Prejudice

Title: Pride and Prejudice 

Author: Jane Austen

Genre: Classic

Pride and Prejudice starts off with a sentence that grasps the reader's attention and tells us a general idea of how the book will be written.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

In my opinion, isn't it the other way around? A single woman is in the want of a man in possession of a good fortune? Isn't that the way it usually is, in books, in movies, sometimes in real life, isn't the girl chasing after the guy with money? Well, apparently my opinion is different from Jane's. ;)

So, here's how the book starts: Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five daughters; Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine and Lydia. Mrs. Bennet's main ambition in life is to equally marry her daughters to a perfect gentleman. The opportunity shows up when Mr. Bingley moves close to the Bennets.It also happens that there is a dance coming up and a chance for him to meet the Bennet daughters. Of course, this delights Mrs. Bennet which amuses her husband. At the dance, Mr. Bingley asks most girls to dance once but he asks Jane twice. This is a big deal and a chance that he might like her. Also, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley's friend, is perceived as a snobbish person who earns a lot of money and who has too much pride. When his friend tries to make him ask Elizabeth to dance, he refuses, saying that he was not attracted to her. 

After the dance, it is arranged that Jane and Mr. Bingley are to meet again. And after a couple of dinners, Mr. Bingley invites Jane over. Mrs. Bennet forces Jane to go by horseback as it was about to rain and Mr. Bingley wouldn't let Jane return home in the pouring rain. Unfortunately, it started raining and Jane had not reached the Bingley residence and she gets sick. Mr. Bingley is very generous and insists that Jane stays at his house until she is feeling better, he also asks for a doctor who tells him that Jane should not be moved and should stay in bed. When Elizabeth receives a message from Mr. Bingley saying that her sister, Jane, was sick and had to stay, she decided she would go visit her. Later on, it was decided that Elizabeth would stay with Jane to keep her company. This also meant that Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy lived under the same roof, thus starting to change their opinions about the other. 

Even thought sometimes I have to read a paragraph a couple of times before I understand it completely, I  am enjoying this book and I can't wait to read more.