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Darcy Confesses his Love | Pride and Prejudice | BBC Studios

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Becoming Jane : a film about the life of  Jane Austen

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Becoming Jane : a film about the life of  Jane Austen

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Becoming Jane (2007) Official Trailer - Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy Movie HD

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From the BBC  serial  Pride and Prejudice

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From the BBC  serial  Pride and Prejudice

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FIRST MEETING

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Pride and Prejudice: Mr Darcy's First Appearance

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See the first appearance of the brooding Mr Darcy (played by Colin Firth) as he snubs the Elizabeth Bennet's company at a public ball. Watch more high quality videos on the BBC Worldwide YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/bbcworldwide

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From the BBC serial  Pride and Prejudice 

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From the BBC serial  Pride and Prejudice 

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The lake scene

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The Lake Scene (Colin Firth Strips Off) - Pride and Prejudice - BBC

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http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/pride-prejudice-club

Today....... what might happen

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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

This truth is especially true in the club.

The Bennet sisters were going out to the club at the encouragement of their mother. She was a steadfast woman, fixated on the idea that a daughter of hers might find love in the club.

The club was called Paradoxo. It was owned by a man in possession of a good fortune-that much could be inferred from his Lamborghini outside. Regrettably, he was not single. Mrs. Bennet had surmised as much when she met him at a dinner at his manor, and he had made mention of his "girl." The dinner had been fruitful, however, as she had secured a place on the guest list for each of her daughters for the next evening, which happened to be Valentine's Day. She hoped that each of her daughters might find a husband on the floor of Paradoxo. Well, not on the floor, exactly. Sometimes single men in possession of a good fortune literally end up on the floor of the club, and such a drunkard simply would not do for a Bennet daughter.

It was Mr. Bingley's affirmative R.S.V.P. on the club event's Facebook page that had led Mrs. Bennet to insist that her daughters attend. Mr. Bingley had moved into the neighborhood some months ago, and Mrs. Bennet had taken notice. His startup was on the verge of an I.P.O., and, given the consistent growth of the user base of his app, which he described as "kind of like Facebook for parents," many business blogs had estimated his company's worth at around fifty million dollars. Also, his Lamborghini was hard to miss.

Elizabeth was intrigued by Mr. Bingley. When they were waiting in the line to get into the club, he had brushed by the sisters, saying, "Excuse me, my beautiful ladies," and then proceeded to walk right past the bouncer into Paradoxo. They knew him there. It was his friend, Mr. Darcy, who had made a rather more sour impression. As Bingley gracefully strolled into the club, Darcy lit a cigarette, the smoke from which blew into Elizabeth's face. He did not apologize.

Once the sisters made it into Paradoxo, Darcy's behavior seemed only to worsen. Naturally, Bingley had a table-word had it that he owned a share in the club itself. When the sisters approached the table, Darcy didn't even offer them a tipple from the Grey Goose bottle he had been holding over his head, and a spark from the sparkler protruding from his bottle landed on Kitty Bennet's face. She had only just procured a fake I.D the week before, and getting into the club had been very exciting-until now. Darcy added insult to injury when he muttered to Bingley, "Do you even know these girls?" Elizabeth had heard him, and was appropriately repulsed.

But, as the night wore on, Mr. Darcy's impression of the girls softened. They had been dancing near Bingley's table, and Elizabeth in particular had caught his eye. She had taken a couple of swigs from Bingley's bottle, and had been dancing exuberantly. It had circulated around the club that Mr. Darcy's own startup had just received a hundred million dollars from an investor, dwarfing Mr. Bingley's now paltry-seeming fifty-million-dollar valuation. Everyone there was also quite impressed when he ordered a bottle of Dom Perignon with multiple sparklers spraying sparkles into the crowd. This time, no sparks landed on Kitty, which was something of an improvement.

Elizabeth was dancing a dance known as the Dougie, because the d.j. had selected a song called "Teach Me How to Dougie." (It was throwback night.) Mr. Darcy went up to Elizabeth and said, "Would you be so kind as to teach me how to Dougie?" It was a bad joke, but kind of not too bad, as far as bad jokes go.

Elizabeth was taken aback. Darcy had been such a prick earlier, and suddenly he was being nice. She concluded, correctly, that he was clumsily trying to hit on her. She resented Darcy for the way he had acted previously, and his arrogance still smarted. She said, "I will not teach you how to Dougie, thank you very much." Darcy didn't know what to do. He had never been turned down in the club before. He began to apologize. "Look, I was being a dick earlier. Bingley didn't tell me we were meeting people here. I'm really sorry."

Elizabeth was warmed by the apology. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all. Whatever, she thought. He's cute, and my mother has been pressuring me like crazy to find a guy to go out with. Plus, it was Valentine's Day.

Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy ended up making out and going home together.

Mrs. Bennet, who had remained outside of the club in her car, saw the two leaving hand in hand. She said to herself, with joy, "They're getting married!"

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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." This truth is especially true in the club. The Bennet sisters were going out to the club at the encouragement of their mother.

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The importance of possessing and having a house and land - the values in society

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Link on line

http://media1.shmoop.com/images/general/Pride%20and%20Prejudice_Romantic%20Flowchart.png

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http://www.shmoop.com/pride-and-prejudice/chart-elizabeth-bennet.html

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http://www.shmoop.com/pride-and-prejudice/fitzwilliam-darcy.html

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Everything you ever wanted to know about Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, written by masters of this stuff just for you.

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http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/07/jane-austen-quiz/

Which Bennet sister are you?

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/23/quiz-which-bennet-sister-are-you

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The beloved 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice miniseries celebrates its 20th anniversary this week, so naturally, in the grand Internet...

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https://thebennetsisters.wordpress.com/

http://austenprose.com/pride-and-prejudice-character-list/

https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/

http://austenblog.com/
http://blog.janeaustenaddict.com/

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"I am told I have a habit of describing people in culinary terms. I certainly find myself doing this with Mr and Mrs Bennet's family, friends and acquaintances." - Introduction I bought the book from the Jane Austen Centre, Bath and had it shipped to me in Melbourne.

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More information on line about the novel

http://www.online-literature.com/austen/prideprejudice/

http://www.janeausten.org/pride-and-prejudice/pride-and-prejudice-online.asp

http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/prose/prideandprejudice.htm

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Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice -- Index of Characters

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This is a list of characters and their interrelationships, with many hypertext links from and to the main text of Pride and Prejudice (it is based ultimately on the basic list of characters in Chapman's 1923 edition). Select the name of a character in the detailed alphabetical listing below to jump to the first meaningful appearance of that character in the novel.

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http://www.bl.uk/people/jane-austen

http://www.shmoop.com/pride-and-prejudice/

http://www.janeausten.org/jane-austen-wallpaper.asp

http://www.litcharts.com/lit/pride-and-prejudice/themes

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Jane Austen - author of Pride and Prejudice

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Jane Austen's six novels including, Pride and Prejudice, are rich in comedy, romance and wit. Find out more about her life and works at the British Library.