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An Assembly Such As This is a story told by Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. It was written and published in 2003, over two hundred years after Pride and Prejudice, the novel it is based off of, was written. An Assembly Such As This is the first book in a three-part series written by Pamela Aidan who was a librarian for fourty-seven years and a fan of Jane Austen for even longer. She read every book that Jane Austen ever published and eventually created her own series in another character’s perspective (An Assembly Such as This (Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman #1)).
This novel starts out at a party or “assembly” hosted in a country town in London called Meryton where Mr. Darcy, and the Bingley sisters find themselves very displeased with the London countryside. …show more content…

She completely misjudged Darcy’s character and Darcy learns that social standing and wealth is not worth giving up true happiness for. Although Miss Bennet was half his rank and did not have a penny to her name, her wit and intelligence made Darcy offer her a hand in marriage, which she quickly declines (Pride and Prejudice Mr. Darcy Quotes Page 3).
Pride and Prejudice is remarkably free of explicit symbolism, which perhaps has something to do with the novel’s reliance on dialogue over description. Nevertheless, Pemberley, Darcy’s estate, sits at the center of the novel, literally and figuratively, as a geographic symbol of the man who owns it. (Sparknotes) Mr. Darcy’s estate Pemberley is the biggest estate on the outskirts of Derbyshire in London. It symbolizes wealth and extreme power of Mr. Darcy and when you enter it, it shows his many accomplishments from boyhood. Once Miss Bennet visits the estate, she is enchanted by its beauty and charm, and soon realizes that its owner shares the same traits. After her visit, Miss Bennet discovers that Mr. Darcy may not be as prideful and arrogant as she first assumed

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