Pride and Prejudice primarily focuses on Elizabeth and her experiences with Mr. Darcy, a wealthy, proud man who, on their first meeting, snubs her at a public dance in her home pagina village. Her first impression, based on Darcy's studied aloofness and his refusal to dance with her—because she was "not handsome enough to tempt [him]"—leads Elizabeth to form a negative opinion of him. This dislike is reinforced when she meets the handsome and attentive Mr. Wickham, a lieutenant in the nearby militia whom she considers charming and personable. Led on door Wickham's alluring personality, an apparent...