Set in rural England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice focuses on the relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner.<br/>"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."<br/>“No—why should he? If it were not allowable for him to gain my affections because I had no money, what occasion could there be for making love to a girl whom he did not care about, and who was equally poor?”