Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice is the story of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, his five daughters, and several romantic adventures at his Hertfordshire residence in Longbourn.The characters of the parents are greatly contrasted: Mr. Bennet is a wise and ingenious gentleman, while Mrs. Bennet is permanently concerned about the question of the marriage of their daughters at any cost. The reason for this obsession is because her estate will pass by law after the death of her husband, his closest blood relative: his cousin, William Collins, a fatuous, indiscreet and pompous man.The story of Austen becomes emotional with the arrival of the young single and rich Charles Bingley and his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy.This is a story of feelings, affections, pretenses, and the stormy relationship of Darcy with Elizabeth Bennet, which Jane Austen claimed as her favorite among her literary descendants.