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Elizabeth Bennet is a lively, intelligent young woman, the second of five sisters in a family of modest means. Mr. Darcy is an aristocrat as wealthy as he is arrogant. As their encounters and misunderstandings pile up, Elizabeth discovers that beyond first impressions lies a man far more complex and vulnerable than she imagined. Through brilliant dialogue and incisive narration, Austen paints a picture of class and the barriers to love, in which pride is transformed into humility and prejudice is overcome.