Pride and Prejudice

In the Hertfordshire countryside, the arrival of a rich young bachelor at Netherfield Park throws Mrs Bennet into a flurry of matchmaking: with five daughters and an estate that cannot pass to them, a good marriage is survival. Her clever second daughter Elizabeth wants none of it unless it is for love, and she laughs easily at foolish suitors and stiff manners. Then she meets Mr Darcy, the bachelor's proud, wealthy friend, who slights her at a crowded ball and sparks her instant contempt. He thinks her family beneath him. She thinks him arrogant beyond bearing. Yet in drawing rooms full of music, gossip and dancing, neither can leave the other alone.