pride and prejudice, part iv

Alas, we have come to the end of it all...

There was a point that I was just going to give up on the book, but I kept with it. I thought it did get exciting after Wickham kidnapped Lydia. That was totally out of the blue for me, and kept my interest enough to finish the book.

I just don't get why Mrs. Bennet would still want Lydia to marry Wickham. This doesn't make sense to me at all. He basically kidnaps her and holds her for ransom. Yet Mrs. Bennet thinks the best idea is to marry the two. I guess it goes to show how Mrs. Bennet views marriage as the ultimate goal in life, but still. That bothered me a lot. If I were Mr. Bennet, I would have punched Wickham squarely in the face. (While I was reading this, I told Chris that this is why our daughters will not date until they are 30.) I really got annoyed with Mrs. Bennet after this whole ordeal.

So, Jane and Bingley end up together. And Elizabeth and Darcy do, of course.

In the end, I think I liked Elizabeth after Lady Catherine tried to get her to swear not to marry her nephew Darcy. Elizabeth just seemed like a smart and strong woman who knew what she wanted, or at the very least, wasn't going to submit to some old lady who had designs of her own.

Now, Chris and I can watch the BBC version. Maybe it will show me why all women love Oscar-winner Colin Firth.