the heroine- Elizabeth

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Have you read the novel Pride and Prejudice? I read it in my university time and this is the first English novel I read from the very beginning to the end. I like this novel very much, especial the heroine, Elizabeth Bennet. She is a 20-year-old girl, and is the second daughter in the family. She is intelligent, wise, independent,and also she is lovely, clever and humorous. She has her own strong personality which makes her outstanding among other daughters of the Bennets. In order to find a wealthy son-in-law, Mrs. Bennet took her five daughters to participate a ball held by Mr. Bingley, a wealthy young bachelor. She met Bingley's best friend, Mr. Darcy, in the ball for the first time. Darcy seemed proud to all the guests in the ball. He never showed any interests or enthusiasm to the ball. It happened that she heard what Mr. Darcy talked about her family. Darcy thought her family was ill-breeding when he saw some crazy behaviors done by her mother and her youngest sister Lydia. So Elizabeth refused Darcy's invitation to dance. Later, her older sister, Jane, fell in love with Mr.Bingley. Actually, Bingley also loved Jane very much. But Darcy persuaded Bingley to get rid of Jane beacuse of her ill-breeding family. Elizabeth knew why Bingley left Jane without a word from a friend of Darcy. So she was very angry with Darcy. However, Darcy, the proud man, found Elizabeth was so clever and intelligent after he talked with her some times. He was attracted by Elizabeth deeply. So he proposed to Elizabeth. But what he got was refusal from Elizabeth together with what Elizabeth thought about him. Darcy wrote a letter to Elizabeth to explain what he had done to Bingley clearly and also interprete the hostile relationship between him and Wickham, who Elizath thought was a victim, but was a hypocritical officer actually. Darcy helped the Bennets find Lydia, who eloped with Wickham. Besides, he gave a lot of money to Wickham to ask him to get married with Lydia. What Darcy had done to the Bennets prevented the elopement scandal. Elopement is a family scandal in that time and would effect the whole family. So the Bennets all appreciated Darcy very much. The misunderstanding was clear between Elizabeth and Darcy. They showed love to each other in the end. It had a happy ending.