Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is a story about the Bennet family, who live in the English countryside. The main character, Elizabeth Bennet, is a young woman who has been forced to be a responsible adult since her mother died when she was ten years old. Her father, Mr Bennet, has no interest in running the family farm or paying any attention to his daughters' affairs. He only cares about finding a husband for each of them so that they can get married off and leave him alone.

Elizabeth's sister Jane is engaged to Mr Bingley, who owns an estate nearby and visits often. But when he returns from London with a friend named Mr Darcy, whose father is an important man in society, Elizabeth immediately dislikes him because she thinks he's too proud and arrogant. Even though she doesn't really know him at all!

Mr Bingley asks Darcy if he would like to visit Netherfield Park with him while he stays there but Darcy declines because he doesn't want anyone else around during his stay there. This makes people think that he doesn't like having friends or family members around because he doesn't want them around either!