Bennet, a foolish, noisy woman, is desperate to see all her five daughters Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia married. After Mr. Bennet's visit to Mr. Bingley, the Bennets attend a ball at which Mr. Bingley presents with Darcy. While Bingley falls in love with Jane at the first sight and spends much of the evening dancing with her, Darcy is less pleased with the evening and haughtily refuses to dance with Elizabeth, which makes everyone, view him as arrogant and obnoxious. And that also makes Elizabeth misjudge him on the first poor impression. At social functions over the following weeks, however, Darcy finds himself increasingly attracted to Elizabeth's charm and intelligence. But the ever-increasing misjudgments deepen Elizabeth's prejudice on him. So the first proposal made by Darcy ends with failure. And it is not until Elizabeth receives Darcy's letter that causes Elizabeth to reevaluate her feelings about Darcy. At the Pemberley, Darcy's estate, which serves as a turning point of Elizabeth's feelings towards Darcy, Elizabeth hears from Darcy's servants that he is a wonderful, generous master. Shortly after Elizabeth's visit to Pemberley, a piece of family news that her sister's running off with Wickham brings her home. While being anxious with the situation, Elizabeth gets to know that all the problems have been solved and it is none other than Darcy who helps her. As she gradually comes to recognize the nobility of Darcy's character, she realizes the error of her initial prejudice against him. When Darcy proposes to her the second time, she accepts him.
The love story in Pride and Prejudice is one of the most classic ones I have ever read. As in any other love story, the lovers must elude and overcome numerous stumbling blocks, beginning with the tensions caused by the lovers' own personal qualities. I believe that it is Elizabeth's prejudice makes her misjudge Darcy on the basis of a poor first impression, and it is Darcy's pride over Elizabeth's poor social status blinds him, for a time, to her many virtues.