Pride And Prejudice Essay

This is an unrevised version of the essay. Sorry! I don"t have another version.

Sometimes at the moment of reading a novel, we can feel that the author reflects our own feelings; in fact, we can easily imagine our own life printed in the book. It is the case of Jane Austen"s novels, in which she presents us human relationships through either a very natural or critical view: showing its virtues and defects.
    One of her most distinguished novels is Pride and Prejudice. In this novel Jane Austen"s critic eye portrayed the English countryside society of the late 18th century. Mainly, the story is centered in one family, the Bennets. They lived in Longbourn very near Netherfield Park where a "single man of large fortune" arrived. This young bachelor called Charles Bingley is a "good-looking and gentlemanlike"; he arrived with his two sisters, the husband of the eldest one, and his best friend, Mr. Darcy, an intelligent, wealthy and reserved man. After their arrival, their new neighbors invited them to a ball at the Assembly Rooms.
During the ball Jane Bennet and Mr. Bingley immediately like each other; in contrast Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet reject each other, in fact when Charles tell Darcy that Elizabeth was "very pretty and agreeable", he answered coldly "she is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me." Nevertheless, both the Bingleys and the Bennets established a close relationship, as Charles and Jane were visibly attracted. Charles" sisters liked Jane but considered Elizabeth very proud and impertinent; they considered Mrs. Bennet and her youngest daughters tedious as well as with no manners.
On the other hand, Mr. Darcy started to develop some interest towards Elizabeth, but she still had her prejudice against him which was increased by Mr. Wickham, a handsome young officer, who told Elizabeth that he was the son of   a trusted   steward of Darcy"s father, and Darcy, envious of his father"s feelings towards Wickham, didn"t fulfill his...