Pride and Prejudice by: Jane Austen

Volume I:

• With the news circulating around Netherfield Park, Mrs. Bennet is excited to hear about a Mr.Charles Bingley, whom is a wealthy bachelor, arrival in hopes to set up one of her five daughters with him.
• Mrs. Bennet is a gossip that sees wealth as happiness and in which life must surround.
• Mr. Bennet is quite the opposite to Mrs. Bennet as he is sarcastic and has a witty sense of humor. He invites Mr. Bingley to have a talk with him and thus exciting Mrs. Bennet for the sake of her daughters.
• At the ball in Meryton, eldest daughter Jane Bennet is seen twice dancing with Mr. Bingley.
• Darcy is first seen at the ball and to a surprise considers himself above everyone else except Mr. Bingley as he himself is of wealth and upper class as Darcy saw it.
•  A close friend to the Bennet family, Charlotte Lucas, discusses the arrogant and pompous Darcy to Elizabeth at the ball.
• Jane Bennet gets a visit from Mr.Bingley's sisters in order to see if she is worth marrying Charles. They too are similar to Darcy in that they believe themselves to be better than everyone else.
• Jane feels that she is "in love" with Bingley.
• Darcy soon feels something different towards Elizabeth. He is starting to admire her beauty and grace which is different than he saw every other girl.
• Mr. Bennet runs into complications when he realizes that his property must be inherited to a male because he has no son to take on the inheritance.
• Jane falls ill after she rides a horse to Netherfield instead of riding in a carriage and is forced to stay until she is fully recovered.
• Miss Bingley gets jealous of Elizabeth because of Darcy's infatuation with her and as revenge puts the Bennet name to shame and hopes to attract Darcy.
• Mr. Collins is the man whom is to inherit Mr. Bennet's property. Collins is a very haughty man and is very involved in Lady Catherine de Bourgh's life and generosity.
• Mr. Wickman is introduced into the story line as a part of the militia whom seems to despise Darcy. 
• Wickman tells Elizabeth the story of the horrid Darcy and Lady Catherine insolence which Elizabeth believes full-heartedly. 
• Mr. Collins proposed to Elizabeth thinking she would say yes however she sadly denied his marriage proposal.
• A weeks time from Elizabeth's proposal, the family receives a letter in which states Bingley's engagement to Darcy's sister Georgiana. The news truly broke Jane's heart.
• Mr. Collins is now engaged to Elizabeth's good friend Charlotte.

Volume II:

• Mr. Gardier invites Jane with his family to London and Jane accepts the offer in hopes to see Mr. Bingley.
• Mrs. Gardiner talks to Elizabeth about Wickman as she sees him to be unfit for her due to his lack of money
• Elizabeth and Charlotte's father visit Charlotte and Mr.Collins and because of their visit are invited to dinner at the Rosings with Lady de Bourgh and her daughter.
• Colonel Fitzwilliam was very intrigued with Elizabeth and pays close attention to her 
• Charlotte tells Elizabeth that Darcy is in love with her
• Darcy proposes to Elizabeth and she declines the offer. Elizabeth then confronts Darcy asking if he was at fault with the fall out between Bingley and Jane and Darcy admits the question to be true.
• Elizabeth ran into Darcy one day and Darcy handed her a letter and walked away. As Elizabeth read the letter, it informed her of why he had interrupted the love between Bingley and Jane.

Volume III:

• Elizabeth is on tour of the Pemberely estate along with her aunt and uncle and thought about what her life would have been like if she had married Darcy. Darcy later joined them on their tour. 
• Elizabeth received two letters from Jane. One stating that Lydia had eloped with Wickman, and the other informing Elizabeth that the couple have yet to meet and that the wedding may not happen after all.
• Mrs. Bennet is frantic about the news of the elopement and blames Colonel Forster for the actions that were taken.
• Mrs. Bennet is joined by Mr. Gardiner in London to search for Lydia, but they did not find her. 
• Mr. Bennet returned home to find a letter from Mr. Gardiner telling them that they have found Lydia and she is to marry Wickman for a sizable amount of money.
• Mrs. Bennet is attentive to Mr. Bingley when he visits with Darcy yet she cares very little for Darcy himself.
• Mr. Bingley asks Mr. Bennet for Jane's hand in marriage and he gladly agrees to the proposal.
• Elizabeth and Darcy end up together and newly wed. 

The Outcome and Moral:

     Within the novel by Austen, she makes it very clear that social status of this time era was very prominent and very alive. The story line revolves around the social status of both the male and the female and how one of a higher class cannot mingle with one below his or her status. The novel also puts the female identity into question as the women were written as the protagonist of the story displaying the "modern woman" of the eighteenth century. Above all else however the story of love is the true moral. Although it may be cliche, the saying that Love is always the answer is truly shown in the piece of literature. The love between Darcy and Elizabeth overcame all the obstacles and triumphed against all the odds.