If you haven't read Pride and Prejudice (or at least watched one of the 3 million movies based on it,) here's the scoop: Elizabeth Bennet, a lovely, smart, clever, funny, independent woman, grows up in Georgian England's version of the middle class. Her mom tries to marry her off to a relation in order to save the family estate, and she refuses because she wants to marry for love. A gorgeous, unbelievably rich man asks her to marry her, and she also turns him down, because he doesn't fit her standards. She thinks he's too proud and vain, and he's also done some things she doesn't approve of. (He turns out to be amazing, though.)
Then there's the third dude. He's charming and funny and handsome and polite and soft-spoken and pretty much perfect.
And he's a con man.
Elizabeth, smart and independent Elizabeth, falls into the age-old trap. And that's why I love her, and why she's still one of the most beloved literary characters of all time. She is a good woman with intelligence and strength of character. She proves that you're not a stupid or bad person just because you make mistakes. Which is one of the most important things that any woman can learn about herself.
You have made mistakes. You will make mistakes. That's part of life. But as long as you never let your mistakes make you, you'll be okay.
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