Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Filming Locations
- Belton House
- Rosings
- Sudbury Hall
- Pemberley (interior)
- Edgcote House
- Netherfield Park
- Lyme Park
- Pemberley (exterior)
- Old Rectory
- Hunsford Parsonage
Plot Summary
The novel opens with the famous line, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife". The arrival of such a single man "of considerable fortune" in the neighbourhood greatly excites Mrs. Bennet. Mrs. Bennet's sole interest in life is to see her five eligible daughters well settled and happily married to fine men of 'considerable fortune'. The man in question in this instance is Mr. Bingley, who has leased the Netherfield estate where he plans to settle for a while with his two sisters, Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst, and his brother-in-law, Mr. Hurst.
Soon after moving in, Mr. Bingley and his party, which now includes his close friend Fitzwilliam Darcy, attend a public ball in the village of Meryton. At first, Mr. Darcy is admired for his fine figure and income of £10,000 a year and is far more the subject of attention than Mr. Bingley. However, the villagers soon become disgusted with his pride. This is brought home to Elizabeth Bennet when she overhears him decline Mr. Bingley's suggestion that he dance with her because, he says, "she is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me". Mr. Bingley, on the other hand, proves highly agreeable, dancing with many of the eligible ladies in attendance and showing his decided admiration for Jane Bennet.
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Characters and Actors
- Elizabeth Bennet
- Jennifer Ehle
- Mr Darcy
- Colin Firth
- Jane Bennet
- Susannah Harker
- Mr Bingley
- Crispin Bonham-Carter
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