To Have His Cake (and Eat It Too): Mr. Darcy's Tale

In Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice,” Mr. Bennet referred to Mr. Darcy as being a proud, unpleasant sort of man. Elizabeth Bennet spoke of his arrogance, his conceit, and his selfish disdain of the feelings of others—the last man in the world whom she could ever be prevailed on to marry. His housekeeper described him as the best landlord and master who ever lived. Such varying accounts as these are exceedingly puzzling, indeed. In this amorous and provocative adaptation, Darcy is a wealthy young man of sense and education, as well as considerable worldly experience as befitting a gentleman of his social standing. He is his own master. He enjoys his situation and has no particular desire to marry at all. That is until he renews his acquaintance with Miss Elizabeth Bennet—her own circumstances substantially diminished pursuant to the tragic death of her father. Follow Darcy's journey from a man who, indeed, is proud and haughty, to one who seeks to please a woman worthy of being pleased.