Monday, March 24, 2008

Pride and Prejudice (Book Club)

Pride and Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. In Georgian England, Mr Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife. The Bennets have five daughters; the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Mrs. Bennet raises her five daughters - Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia with the purpose of getting married with a rich husband that can support the family. They are not from the upper class, and their house in Hartfordshire will be inherited by a distant cousin if Mr. Bennet dies. When the wealthy bachelor Mr. Bingley and his best friend Mr. Darcy arrive in town to spend the summer in a mansion nearby their property, the shy and beautiful Jane falls in love for Mr. Bingley, and Lizzie finds Mr. Darcy a snobbish and proud man, and she swears to loathe him forever. This is the beginning of their wonderful love story.
I like to read this novel, because the conversation between Mr Bennet and Mrs Bennet is enjoyable. I would like to list the characters or their habit that may help other readers to read.
Mr Bennet vs Mrs Bennet
Jane vs Mr Bingley
Elizabeth vs Mr Darcy
Mary (habit – books)
Kitty (habit – dressing)

Lydia vs Mr Wickham

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