傲慢与偏见的故事情节介绍(英文--免费)

傲慢与偏见的故事情节介绍

The news that a wealthy young gentleman named Charles Bingley has rented the

manor of Netherfield Park causes a great stir in the nearby village of Longbourn,

especially in the Bennet household. The Bennets have five unmarried

daughters

—

from oldest to youngest, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia

—

and

Mrs. Bennet is desperate to see them all married. After Mr. Bennet pays a social visit

to Mr. Bingley, the Bennets attend a ball at which Mr. Bingley is present. He is taken

with Jane and spends much of the evening dancing with her. His close friend, Mr.

Darcy, is less pleased with the evening and haughtily refuses to dance with

Elizabeth, which makes everyone view him as arrogant and obnoxious.

At social functions over subsequent weeks, however, Mr. Darcy finds himself

increasingly attracted to Elizabeth’s charm and intelligence. Jane’s friendship with

Mr. Bingley also continues to burgeon, and Jane pays a visit to the Bingley mansion.

On her journey to the house she is caught in a downpour and catches ill, forcing her

to stay at Netherfield for several days. In order to tend to Jane, Elizabeth hikes

through muddy fields and arrives with a spattered dress, much to the disdain of the

snobbish Miss Bingley, Charles Bingley’s sister. Miss Bingley’s

spite only increases

when she notices that Darcy, whom she is pursuing, pays quite a bit of attention to

Elizabeth.

When Elizabeth and Jane return home, they find Mr. Collins visiting their household.

Mr. Collins is a young clergyman who stands to inherit

Mr. Bennet’s property, which

has been “entailed,” meaning that it can only be passed down to male heirs. Mr.

Collins is a pompous fool, though he is quite enthralled by the Bennet girls. Shortly

after his arrival, he makes a proposal of marriage to Elizabeth. She turns him down,

wounding his pride. Meanwhile, the Bennet girls have become friendly with militia

officers stationed in a nearby town. Among them is Wickham, a handsome young

soldier who is friendly toward Elizabeth and tells her how Darcy cruelly cheated him

out of an inheritance.

At the beginning of winter, the Bingleys and Darcy leave Netherfield and return to

London, much to Jane’s dismay. A further shock arrives with the news that Mr.

Collins has become engaged to Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth’s

best friend and the poor

daughter of a local knight. Charlotte explains to Elizabeth that she is getting older

and needs the match for financial reasons. Charlotte and Mr. Collins get married and

Elizabeth promises to visit them at their new home. As winter progresses, Jane

visits the city to see friends (hoping also that she might see Mr. Bingley). However,

Miss Bingley visits her and behaves rudely, while Mr. Bingley fails to visit her at all.

The marriage prospects for the Bennet girls appear bleak.