Persistence Prevails: A Novel of Darcy and Elizabeth

✍ Scribed by Don H. Miller

• Book ID: 111747029
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 95 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ASIN: B07765FKFH

✦ Synopsis

Darcy first meets Elizabeth the year he graduates from Cambridge, when she is but 16, but she impresses him more than any other young woman he has ever met. Her beauty, intelligence, and personality become a standard for him over the following year, as he meets other young women. When all fall short of his standards, he wonders if his father will condone him pursuing a woman of her status when she is finally out. Unfortunately, before any decision can be made, his father dies, and he spends over a year in mourning. In the meantime, when Elizabeth turns 17, because of troubles at Longbourn, she moves in permanently with her uncle and aunt in London. Darcy’s reaction, when he learns of it, is that she has willingly given up her status as a gentlewoman to be the ward of a merchant, and thus, not only is she someone he cannot consider as a potential mate, but also his sister, who has been corresponding with Elizabeth, must end their friendship. This does not sit will with Elizabeth, and when they finally meet again when she comes out in London two years later, she greatly dislikes him. He becomes convinced he was wrong about her acceptability, and subtly tries to court her, but she distrusts and resists him.