text: what is importance of social class especially as it impacts the relationship between elizabeth and darcy? the novel is pride and prejudice hello sophie, these links will answer all literary questions.  jane austen.  pride and prejudice    i have found10+ summaries for you to look at, click the link below. i have included a short extract to give you a taste of what the reviews have to offer and they’re free..!!!  http://www.antistudy.com/search.php?title=pride+and+prejudice  http://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=340  http://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/cliffsnotes/pride_and_prejudice/  http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pride/  when charles bingley, a rich single man, moves to the netherfield estate, the neighborhood residents are thrilled, especially mrs. bennet, who hopes to marry one of her five daughters to him. when the bennet daughters meet him at a local ball, they are impressed by his outgoing personality and friendly disposition. they are less impressed, however, by bingley’s friend fitzwilliam darcy, a landowning aristocrat who is too proud to speak to any of the locals and whom elizabeth bennet overhears refusing to dance with her.  http://www.cliffsnotes.com/wileycda/litnote/id-147,pagenum-5.html  plot summary   the novel begins with mrs. bennet’s announcement that a nearby estate, netherfield, has been rented by a young, handsome man named bingley. she implores her husband, mr. bennet, to call on the man, and decides that he would make a suitable husband for one of her daughters.  http://www.jiffynotes.com/prideandprejudice/plotsummary.html  good luck.  kevin, liverpool, england.