Summary of pride and prejudice The story begins with the arrival of Charles Bingley to the region, a single man with a fortune. All the families there immediately turn their eyes to him, especially Mrs. Bennet, whose sole intention was to marry her five daughters. At a ball they met Bingley and discovered that he was a handsome gentleman with a simple friendly manner. He was accompanied by his two sisters, the husband of the oldest and his friend Mr. Darcy. This disgusted all present everybody with his proud and unfriendly manners and when Bingley offered him to dance with Elizabeth, this discounted her for not to be beautiful enough for him and Elizabeth created a disgusting image of the man for the first time. However, they both get to know each other better every time they meet each other and get over their differences to be together: Mr. Darcy gets over his pride and arrogance and Elizabeth changes such a prejudice against him.