Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's novel about five unmarried sisters in 19th century England.

When Charles Bingley, a rich single man, moves to the Netherfield estate, the neighborhood residents are thrilled, especially Mrs. Bennet, who hopes to marry one of her five daughters to him. When the Bennet daughters meet him at a local ball, they are impressed by his outgoing personality and friendly disposition. They are less impressed, however, by Bingley’s friend Fitzwilliam Darcy, a landowning aristocrat who is too proud to speak to any of the locals and whom Elizabeth Bennet overhears refusing to dance with her.

Bingley and the oldest Bennet daughter, Jane, soon form an attachment.  Meanwhile, Darcy finds himself attracted to Elizabeth despite his objections to her family. He is drawn to her spirited wit and expressive eyes.  As Darcy grows more interested in Elizabeth, she continues to despise him and is instead attracted to George Wickham, a handsome and personable military officer.

In the midst of Jane and Elizabeth’s developing relationships, the Bennet family is visited by Mr. Bennet’s cousin, William Collins, a clergyman who will inherit Mr. Bennet’s estate when he dies because of a legal issue known as an entail.  He plans to choose a wife from the Bennet daughters. He settles on Elizabeth, but is stunned and offended when she refuses him.

Elizabeth visits her friend Charlotte at her new home in Hunsford, Kent.  Soon after Elizabeth’s arrival in Kent, Darcy visits his aunt in who lives nearby.  Darcy puzzles Elizabeth with his behavior. He seems to seek out her company, but he never says much. One day, he surprises Elizabeth by proposing to her.  Elizabeth refuses him due to a misunderstanding.  A careful examination of the facts reveals that Darcy, while proud, is innocent of wrongdoing, leaving Elizabeth mortified at her discovery of how her own pride prejudiced her against Darcy.

Bingley returns to Netherfield and soon asks Jane to marry him.  Jane, of course, accepts.  Darcy hopes that Elizabeth has had a change of heart.  He proposes again and Elizabeth happily accepts.  Elizabeth and Jane have and double wedding and a very proud Mrs. Bennet boasts that she has now married off not one but two daughters to wealthy men.