I feel like this book is overrated. It is completely predictable, and twenty pages through it, I guessed how it would end. The characters of this book are boring and live superficial lives. The first lines of the book already begin with stereotypes, and these stereotypes fall on both men and women. Elizabeth's mother is obsessed with getting her children married and feels like women are useless living alone. In my opinion, this is one of the worst classics I have read. Most classics have themes that still apply in modern-day life, but this classic is, in my opinion, outdated. I do not recommend reading this book.