Basics: Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy is a fictional character, the hero in Jane Austen's novel extraordinaire Pride and Prejudice. He woos and wins the heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, with his august moral character and lines like these: "By you I was properly humbled. I came to you without a doubt of my reception. You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased."
Pros*:
See romantic prose above
Wealthy
Well-connected
Fabulously handsome on the BBC
Dresses well
Rides horses
Plays hard-to-get
Cons:
Plays hard-to-get
Superiority complex
Not a suitable match (your parents would love him, but his wouldn't love you)
Given to believing gossip
Taken by our dear Miss Bennet
*Too many to list, people!
