Fitzwilliam Darcy Esquire, generally referred to as Mr. Darcy, is one of the two central characters in Jane Austen 's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. He is an archetype of the aloof romantic hero, and a romantic interest of Elizabeth Bennet, the novel's protagonist.
Fitzwilliam Darcy, commonly known as Mr. Darcy, is a central character in Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. A wealthy gentleman, he is defined by his reserved manner and pronounced pride, which initially earn him the dislike of the novel’s heroine, Elizabeth Bennet.
Mr. Darcy is a wealthy gentleman with an income exceeding £10,000 a year, and the proprietor of Pemberley, a large estate in Derbyshire, England.
Mr Darcy (Fitzwilliam Darcy) is one of English fiction’s top romantic heroes. Jane Austen’s best realized male character, he displays all the worst, and the best, qualities of gentlemen at the upper end of the landed gentry class.
What I am about to say may sound heretical, but here goes: I don’t think we’ve seen the perfect Darcy yet. Laurence Olivier looks the way I imagine Darcy to look.
Elizabeth and Darcy have finally met in private again, and Elizabeth breaks propriety to confess that she knows about all Darcy did for Lydia. She is willing to risk being overly frank because she wants Darcy to know just how much gratitude she has for him, and just how much her prejudiced feelings towards him have shifted since their last meeting.
The chief protagonists in this story are Fitzwilliam Darcy, the rich but aloof inheritor of Pemberley, and Elizabeth Bennet, the liveliest and wittiest of five daughters of a country gentleman of...