Pride and Prejudice

By Jane Austen

Review by Shelby

Once again I am glad for projects because I would NEVER have read this book if I didn't have to. I LOVE THIS BOOK.

This is a just a summary and I tell ALL so yeah. So don't read it all if you don't wanna spoiler.

Have you seen one of those Emma Thompson movies? Where's she's frolicking through a field in a ginormous sundress with her sister and they happen upon Mr. Embersonley or whatever his name may be, and her sister runs off to "pick flowers" or something while she's really listening to Emma and Mr. Pickingderandy have a battle of tongues (no not making out, being playfully witty to each other--flirting). Normally this
flirting outrages the two participants, but this makes them fall in love with each other.

So that's the basic whatsit (premise or whatever) for Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth Bennet, the best girl main character of all time comes from a middle-class family, with a mother who cares more about the pearls and frills and lace of her daughter's wedding dress than how happy she is standing in it.
And her dad, although he is wonderfully sarcastic and funny, doesn't really care at all, and thinks most of his daugters and his wife are silly. Anyway the gorgeous (and rich) Mr. Darcy comes to the Longerfield or Longaburn or... wherever they live with his friend Mr. Bingley and he is a super snob to everyone. But then Lizzy's sister Jane goes over to Mr. Bingley's house and gets sick along the way. So Lizzy, because she loves her dear sister, walks all the way to the house in her dress and gets all muddy and stuff. She stays there until Janie gets better. Mr. Darcy is of course there, being sophisticated. Elizabeth is quite "civil" with him, and she begins to like him, although he is very proud, and she is very prejudiced against him. Also Miss Bingley, Mr. Bingley's unwed sister, is a complete prat and she throws herself at Mr. Darcy (whose first name is Fitzwilliam and God bless Lizzy for still liking him after that) and tries to make Elizabeth look bad (which is impossible) in a most unnatractive way.

I really could go on forever. I think I will.

Anyway so there's this guy called Wickham, and he comes to their village thing. Elizabeth really likes him (like a good friend, she doesn't quite like him like him, to put it in layman's (4th grade) terms) because he's all "Yeah Darcy's mean and his dad was cool but Darcy took all my inheritance and whatever.

When Elizabeth goes back to Netherfield (i forget why) Mr. Darcy has already fallen in love with her and he proposes but he's all like "I don't care if you're poor and if I'm way out of your league, I still love you and I will stoop to your level so we can be together!" and Lizzy does NOT take that crap. So Mr. Darcy writes her a letter and he's all sorry, and Mr. Wickham is not all he seems.

Elizabeth goes on a summer trip with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, who are very nice and mature, unlike her own parents. She goes to Pemberly, Mr. Darcy's property. Did I say he was rich? Sprawling, i think, is the word for his place. "Neither formal nor falsely adorned" is how J.A. describes it, whatever that means. It's huge and gorgeous and whatever. They visit there and the head housekeeper gives them a tour, (even though Mr. Darcy is not home, i don't know how THAT happen, such security in those days. "yeah, the master i'n't in, but let's have a round-about shall we?" Let's give it a go. Have at it." Anyway, Elizabeth is not worried, because she thinks he will not be home for some time, but the next day, Oh Hello Darcy well hello Darcy. And even though they don't get to talk much, he sees how gentlemanly he is, and she begins to really really like him.

Even though she knows about him from Darcy's letter, when Mr. Wickham runs away with her youngest sister (Lydia, 16) she is completely knowledgeable that he is a capital-C Creep. He usually is a gold-digger guy, but he Did run away with the young and silly Lydia. Who knows what base they could've gotten on but tongues would have wagged and the Bennet's reputation would be ruined. SO Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth's tres cool uncle intervene and they make them get married (but they end up poor and unhappy but oh well).

Near the end, Mr. Darcy, comes to longerfield (or whatever) with Mr. Bingley. (And the reader is like, where the bleep is DARCY!?!? IT'S ALMOST THE END THIS BOOK BETTER END HAPPY!) So yeah, he comes. Mr. Bingley has not seen Jane for like a billion years, and they whisper a lot and get married. Then FINALLY. Lizzy and Darcy take a walk in the woods, and oh my it's so cathartic, and THEY finally get married.

OH oh. such a nice book. Sorry I gave it all away.

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In late September this year a movie is going to be released in the USA!!! (after in the UK and others... there were other movies before but WHO CARES this one's knew)

Keira Knightley is playing Elizabeth Bennet!!

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

omg how perfect! She's ALMOST as pretty as Lizzy is (KK is quite pretty but Lizzy is probably beautiful like a Greek Goddess. And the guy playing Mr. Darcy, although not horrible looking, is nowhere near as handsome as Mr. Darcy really is (Hermes-Handsome; as attractive as Apollo and Ares put together.). And Rosamund Pike or whatever her name is who will play Jane is pretty too.

I can't see anyone else though. who cares who cares!

RIGHT I'M DONE I'M GOING TO DO MY REAL HOMEWORK NOW. CIAO.