Orgullo y Prejuicio (Vol 2)

The opening line has echoed through two centuries: a single man with a fortune must have a wife. But Jane Austen has sharper aims than mere social observation. In the Bennet household, with its ridiculous mother and five unmarried daughters, Austen finds comedy, social critique, and profound emotional truth. Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy should be enemies. He is proud, cold, and wealthy. She is quick-witted, proud in her own way, and all too ready to see the worst in him. When Darcy refuses to dance with her at a ball, the insult seems to confirm everything she believes about aristocratic arrogance. But as misunderstandings multiply and secrets surface, both must confront the prejudice and pride that blind them to truth. This is a novel about the terrible ease with which we misread others and ourselves, and a love story that still makes readers smile after two hundred years.