Summary

'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.' Charles Bingley, a wealthy young gentleman, has moved into Netherfield Park manor, which causes much excitement in the village of Longbourn, especially among the five unmarried daughters of the Bennet household. Despite many romantic complications, the overall tone of this classic novel is, as Jane Austen described it, 'light and bright, and sparkling.'