Blog Post On Pride and Prejudice

I am reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.The main character, Elizabeth Bennet is a girl who lives with her family in Hertfordshire and her mother is desperate to get all her daughters married to the richest men in town. Elizabeth in the book, is not in a hurry to get married because she wants to marry the right man. Her sister Jane however, wants to get married and have kids and has already met someone that she likes. I think if I was Elizabeth, I would not be in a hurry to get married either. A married woman back in the early 19th century(when this book was written) lost nearly all her rights and was almost the sole property of her husband. Even though this sounds really bad, they often lived happy lives and had many children.
Here is a quote from the book,"it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." And mostly through what I have read, it is true. Mr. Bingley, who is the topic of this sentence, likes Jane but sadly moves away for the winter. Jane's family though he was going to settle down and maybe marry their daughter, but to their sadness he did not. The women in this book are quite sneaky, and they gossip a lot. Mrs. Bennet, Jane and Elizabeth's mother, is very critical of her daughters. Although that is understanding, she often goes out of her way to make sure they are following the rules and behaving proper. If I had a mother like that I would be very loose and want to break free of her iron grip. Neither Elizabeth and Jane try too, but Elizabeth sometimes feels overburdened by the stress her mother gives her.
Elizabeth so far in the book has only liked one man a little, Mr. Darcy. Although he is quiet and doesn't seem to have much affection for Elizabeth, she still is very fond of him. If she marries him or not will probably happen later in the book.