Mr. Darcy

Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy is a main character in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice.

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Darcy is a wealthy gentleman and the owner of the fictional Pemberley, a large estate in Derbyshire, England and who, due to his upper-class upbringing and the influence of his aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, begins the novel with an inflated personal pride. This characteristic causes him to dismiss Elizabeth Bennet, the novel's protagonist, as low-born and plain; however, he eventually becomes attracted to her, and courts her clumsily whilst struggling against his continuing feelings of superiority. When she turns down his first proposal of marriage, however, he goes out of his way to demonstrate his devotion by tempering his pride and saving Elizabeth's sister Lydia from disgrace.

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Darcy's second proposal to Elizabeth, against the express wishes of Lady Catherine, completes the novel's climax; she accepts him, much to the delight of her mother, and the novel concludes with her becoming Mrs. Darcy.

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He is famously associated with Colin Firth, who portrayed him in the BBC's film adaptation in 1995.

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Mr Darcy recently topped a survey in the United Kingdom of fictional characters with whom most women would like to go on a date, beating such creations as James Bond and Superman (BBC News).

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Jane Austen: Jane Austen (December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817) was a prominent English novelist whose work is considered part of the Western canon. Despite living the sheltered life of a spinster, her insights into women's lives and her mastery of form and irony made her arguably the most noted and influenti...

Pride and Prejudice: Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. It was written between 1796 and 1797, and was initially called First Impressions. Revised in 1811, it was published two years later in 1813 by the same Mr. Egerton, of the Military Library, Whitehall, who had brought out Sense and Sensi...

Pemberley: Pemberley is the name of the estate and country house owned by Fitzwilliam Darcy in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. It is believed to be based on Chatsworth House, near Chesterfield in Derbyshire - and the Pemberley scenes from Joe Wright's 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice, starring...

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