Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Alright, as you may have seen from my picture on the right, i am a die hard Pride and Prejudice fan. So, here's what I feel one must know. If you are a romantic, and love those stories where the man is a chauvinistic pig, thinks he is too good for the girl and feels the girl should be honored that he is even speaking to her, then you're a guy. But if you like it with all that along with how the guy gradually begins to realize that even if you're drop dead gorgeous, though most women swoon at the sight of you, no one and that means NO ONE, will ever commit to a relationship with you, that a woman sometimes loathes to be proper and they can actually match men intellectually then this is the book for you. Of course if you love classics, renaissance, romance and humor that's a bonus when it comes to this book.

Elizabeth the main character is the second daughter of five in the Bennet family. Her eldest sister Jane is shy, third sister; Mary solemn and worldly (boringly so), and last two sisters Kitty and Lydia who are the Elizabethan-era husband chasers. Her father, Mr. Bennet is a simple man who loves all his daughters but Lizzie hold a special place amongst them. And finally Mrs. Bennet, who's sole purpose in life is to get her daughters married off to rich, handsome men.

The first time Lizzie encounters Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy is at the Meryton Assembly Hall during a dance. He insults her behind her back not knowing that what he said was quite clear and there starts the hatred. After much trouble, Mr. Darcy does confess to Lizzie hat he loves her, but in the deal insults her. Lizzie who had found out that Mr. Darcy broke her sister and Mr. Bingley up rejects him outright. She accuses him of many things and Mr. Darcy withdraws not very gracefully with a bruised ego. He deliveres a letter addressing the accusations and after reading it over and over, Lizzie finds she has begun to fall in love with the gentleman. That feeling is only enhanced when Mr. Darcy anonymously helps out her family when they are victim of Lydia's foolishness. The second time Darcy proposes is after Lady Catherine has demanded Lizzie to promise never to associate herself romantically with her nephew but of course such a promise is never made. The two get engaged almost directly after Jane and Bingley do.

It contains a lot of suspense as you have almost no idea what the leading lady is about to do next. We can see that Lizzie falls in love with Darcy slowly throughout the book, but suppresses her feelings as she feels that Darcy might not hold any affections for her any longer. The drama, misunderstandings, secrets, scandals, mad females and romance make this for a hard to abandon read.