Jane Austen’s famous novel “Pride and Prejudice” was first published in 1813, and it has been popular with readers ever since.  In Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, she created two of the best loved characters in romantic fiction. Millions of people over the years have been intrigued by Mr Darcy, the handsome, proud but enigmatic hero of the novel, and the story of how he meets, misunderstands and finally is united with Elizabeth Bennet. However, “Pride and Prejudice” reveals surprisingly little about Darcy and how he is changed from a “haughty, reserved and fastidious” young man to the ardent and humble suitor for the hand of the woman he loves. Darcy’s Story (ISBN 0952821036) explores Darcy’s thoughts and actions, and the reasons behind them, and demonstrates that the hero is just as interesting a person as Elizabeth Bennet herself.		Many readers of the novel have agreed with the author when she described Elizabeth Bennet in a letter to her sister, Cassandra, as being “as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print”.  Her independence of mind, and lack of respect for people who take their social position too seriously, have been described as very modern for the time, now nearly two centuries ago, when the book was completed. Darcy is a more sombre and reserved personality than Elizabeth, very conscious of his social position, and often appearing aloof and distant. Darcy’s Story reveals how he overcomes the problems and misunderstandings that threaten to separate him from Elizabeth, so that he is able to say to her towards the end of the story “By you I was properly humbled.  I came to you without a doubt of my reception.  You shewed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.”
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