Finally, I finished the book! Seeing as to how I had already seen the movie and read the easier adaptation of the novel, I already knew how it was going to end. Regardless, I love the ending. Throughout the whole novel, Austen gives the reader the idea that Mr. Darcy is an arrogant, prejudice, and exclusive man, but she does not allow him to share his personal view until the middle of the novel. This gave me as a reader a feeling of disgust towards Darcy. After he presents Elizabeth with the letter explaining the reasons behind his actions, which to her seemed terrible and selfish, the story changes completely. The story then becomes more of a game between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. They cross paths more than once and they constantly search for each other.
This novel had the exact storyline of a fairytale. The girl and the boy are star-crossed lovers who seem to have no way in which they would ever unite and then by a stroke of fate or luck, they end up meeting falling in love, fighting for that person, caring for that person, sweeping them off of their feet, and then finally they marry them. Its the typical princess story that every girl wants to experience as her life. As for her sister, she had the exact same ending, but without so much hardship or focus in the novel. I'm really glad Lady Catherine did not succeed in scaring Elizabeth off into not marring Darcy. I didn't like her character at all! Since the beginning i knew that she would be a snooty, mean, and selfish person who would cause much hardship in the "fairytale."
I really enjoyed reading this book and I hope we read more books with this type of storyline. Thank you Rachel for suggesting it :) .
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