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: Lya Febriana Yunita Rohma

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: Extensive Reading
BOOK REVIEW

Title
: Pride and Prejudice (Stories to remember)
Publisher
: Gramedia Pustaka
Author
: Jane Austen
Chapter/Pages
: 43 / 168
Start and end dates
: 6 Mei 2016 - 6 Mei 2016
Book Content :
This is a famous novel that is centres on Elizabeth Bennet also called Lizzy, the
second of the five daughters of Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet. Jane Bennet, the eldest
daughter, Elizabeth Bennet is the second daughter, Mary is the third daughter, Catherine,
sometimes called Kitty, the fourth daughter, and the youngest is Lydia.
The story opens with a news in the Bennet family that Mr. Bingley, a wealthy,
charismatic and sociable young bachelor, is moving into Netherfield Park in the
neighbourhood. Mr. Bingley is soon well received while his friend Mr. Darcy makes a less
favourable impression by appearing proud and condescending at a ball that they attend. Mr.
Bingley attract Janes attention, and it soon becomes apparent that they have formed an
attachment to each other. By contrast, Darcy slights Elizabeth, who overhears and jokes about
it despite feeling a budding resentment.
Upon paying a visit to Mr. Bingley's sister, Caroline, Jane is caught in a heavy
downpour, catching cold, and is forced to stay at Netherfield for several days. Elizabeth
arrives to nurse her sister and is thrown into frequent company with Mr. Darcy, who begins to
act less coldly towards her.
Mr. Collins, a clergyman and heir to Longbourn, the Bennet estate, pays a visit to the
Bennets. Mr. Bennet and Elizabeth are much amused by his obsequious veneration of his
employer, the noble Lady Catherine de Bourgh. It soon becomes apparent that Mr. Collins
has come to Longbourn to choose a wife from among the Bennet sisters and Jane is his
choice, but because of Jane's budding romance with Mr. Bingley, Mrs. Bennet directs him
toward Elizabeth. After refusing his advances, much to the consternation of her mother,
Elizabeth instead forms an acquaintance with Mr. Wickham, a military officer who relates
having been very seriously mistreated by Mr. Darcy despite having been a godson and
favourite of Darcy's father. The accusation and her attraction to Mr. Wickham both increase
Elizabeth's dislike of Mr. Darcy.
At a ball given by Mr. Bingley at Netherfield, Mr. Darcy becomes aware of a general
expectation that Mr. Bingley and Jane will marry. The following morning, Mr. Collins
proposes marriage to Elizabeth, who refuses him, much to her mother's distress. Mr. Collins
recovers and becomes engaged to Elizabeth's close friend Charlotte Lucas ( Lizzys
bestfriends) . Mr. Bingley abruptly quits Netherfield and returns to London and makes Janes
hearts broken.Elizabeth becomes convinced that Mr. Darcy and Caroline Bingley have
conspired to separate him from Jane.
Jane is persuaded by letters from Caroline Bingley that Mr. Bingley is not in love with
her but goes on an extended visit to Aunt and Uncle Gardiner in London in the hope of
maintaining her relationship with Caroline, if not with Charles Bingley. There, she visits
Caroline and, eventually, her visit is returned. She does not see Mr. Bingley and is forced to
realise that Caroline does not care for her.

In the spring, Elizabeth visits Charlotte and Mr. Collins in Kent. Elizabeth and her
hosts are frequently invited to Rosings Park, the home of Lady Catherine de Bourgh (Darcy's
aunt) coincidentally, Darcy also arrives to visit. Elizabeth meets Darcy's cousin, Colonel
Fitzwilliam, who vouches for Darcy's. Elizabeth rightly assumes that the said friend is none
other than Mr. Bingley, and her dislike of Darcy deepens. Thus, she is no mood to accept
when Darcy arrives and, quite unexpectedly, confesses love for her and begs her hand in
marriage. His proposal is flattering, as he is a very distinguished man, but it is delivered in a
manner that is ill suited. He talks of love but also of revulsion at her inferior position and
family.
Elizabeth rebukes him, and a heated discussion follows; she charges him with
destroying the happiness of both her sister and Bingley, with treating Mr. Wickham
disgracefully and with having conducted himself towards her in an arrogant, ungentlemanlike manner. Mr. Darcy, shocked, ultimately responds with a letter giving a good account of
his actions: Wickham had exchanged his legacies for a cash payment, only to return after
frittering away the money to reclaim the forfeited inheritance. Wickham then attempted to
elope with Darcy's young sister, Georgiana, which would have secured her fortune for
himself. Regarding Jane and Bingley, Darcy claims he had observed no reciprocal interest in
Jane for Bingley and had assumed that she was not in love with him. In addition to this, he
cites the want of propriety in the behaviour of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and her three younger
daughters. Elizabeth, who had previously despaired over this very behavior, is forced to
admit the truth of Mr. Darcy's observations, and begins to see that she has misjudged him.
She, quite rightly, attributes her prejudice to his coldness towards herself at the beginning of
their acquaintance.
Elizabeth tells her father that Darcy was responsible for uniting Lydia and Wickham.
Some months later, Elizabeth and her aunt and uncle Gardiner visit Pemberley, Darcy's
estate, believing he will be absent for the day. He returns unexpectedly and is surprised but
gracious and welcoming, quite unlike his usual self. Darcy introduces Elizabeth to his sister,
which Lizzy knows is the highest compliment he can bestow. Elizabeth begins to
acknowledge her own attraction to him. However, by the news that Lydia has run off with Mr.
Wickham. Elizabeth and the Gardiners return to Longbourn (the Bennet family home), where
Elizabeth grieves that her renewed acquaintance with Mr. Darcy will end as a result of her
sister's disgrace.
Lydia and Wickham are soon found and are persuaded to marry, which enables the
Bennet family to preserve some appearance of decorum. Jane, Elizabeth and Mr. Bennet
conclude that uncle Gardiner must have bribed Wickham to marry Lydia, and they are
ashamed of their indebtedness and inability to repay him.
Mrs. Bennet, quite typically, has no such scruples of being ecstatic to have a daughter
married, she never stops to consider the propriety and honesty throughout the affair. Mr.
Wickham and Lydia visit Longbourn, where Lydia slip that Mr. Darcy attended their
wedding. From a letter, Elizabeth discovers from Aunt Gardiner that in fact, Mr. Darcy was
responsible for finding the couple and negotiating their marriage at great personal and
monetary expense for him. Elizabeth is shocked and flattered as "her heart did whisper that
he had done it for her" but is unable to dwell further on the topic because of Mr. Bingley's
return and subsequent proposal to Jane, who immediately accepts.
Lady Catherine de Bourgh pays an unexpected visit to Longbourn. She has heard a
rumour that Elizabeth will marry Mr. Darcy and attempts to persuade Elizabeth to agree not
to marry she wants Mr. Darcy to marry her daughter Anne De Bourgh. Elizabeth refuses her
demands. Disgusted, Lady Catherine leaves, promising that the marriage can never take
place.

Darcy returns to Longbourn. Chance allows Elizabeth and Darcy a rare moment
alone. She immediately thanks him for intervening in the case of Lydia and Wickham. He
renews his proposal of marriage and it is accepted. At the end finally Lizzy and Darcy are
married also Jane and Bingley.
Comment
: I pick this book because I have watch the movie entitled Pride and
Prejudice and Zombies that have been realeased in the earlier of 2016th. At first I thought
that the movies and this book have the same plot. But when Ive done read the novels, I found
some part missing. There is no zombies and war inside it. Maybe the movie added the
zombies part by themselves to make it more attratctive than the original story. I actually
dissapointed after I read this novels because it is too boring to read and I prefer to watch the
movies. Actually this novel is for advance level and maybe because of that sometimes I cant
get the point of some sentences or part that I read. It is provide with some pictures inside
(although not in every chapter) it makes me easier to understand some part of the story.