Summary of the Book Elizabeth Bennet is an unpolished girl from the country. Despite being one of the five daughters of an English gentleman, she is unused to the behaviour of the gentry. When she attends a ball, she notices a dashing young man called Fitzwilliam Darcy. She immediately takes him for a conceited and arrogant man, and the fact that Darcy is deeply involved in the troubled relationship between his friend and Elizabeth’s sister makes her hate him even more. However, in a series of comic events which poke fun at the gentile society and the life of people in the middle class during Jane Austen’s era, this story brings Elizabeth and Darcy closer. This edition also includes a new chronology to help readers understand the characters and the timeline, as well as the original Penguin Publications’ introduction written by Tony Tanner. About Jane Austen Jane Austen was an English novelist, best remembered for her works of romance literature. She has also written: Emma, Persuasion, Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility. The current title was adapted into several films, most notably in 1940, starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, and in 2005, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen.
