Selected Works of World Youth Literature -- Pride and Prejudice

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Publish Date: 2005-09-16
Features: Pride and Prejudice depicts four marriages: Elizabeth and Darcy; Jane and Bingley; Lydia and Wickham; Charlotte and Collins. The story revolves around Mrs. Bennet's efforts to marry off her daughters, with its plot full of twists and turns, delightful humor, and throughout, radiating wit and humor. The eldest daughter, Jane, is gentle and beautiful, falls in love with the wealthy young man Bingley from London, and quietly awaits his proposal. The second daughter, Elizabeth, is intelligent and lively, refuses the foolish and pretentious proposal from the clergyman Collins. However, the "proud" aristocratic young man, Darcy, falls in love with her uncontrollably. But Elizabeth listens to the slander from the young officer Wickham, holds a "prejudice" against Darcy, and declines the marriage that other girls would dream of. After Darcy proposes and is rejected, both fall into emotional pain. After numerous twists and turns, and through various coincidences, Elizabeth comes to understand Darcy's true nature, and thus prejudice and misunderstanding are dispelled, leading to their happy union.