One-sentence summary: A young woman realizes her similarities to a famous literary character and finds her life is more like the novel than she imagined.
One-paragraph summary: {3 disasters + an ending}{1st disaster from outside circumstances, 2nd and 3rd from protagonist trying to fix things} A young woman from suburban Michigan begins to notices the similarities between herself and the famous literary character Elizabeth Bennett. As she begins to explore this more she realizes that her life, and those in it, are more like the Jane Austen novel than she could have imagined.
Disaster #1: Goes on a date with her "Mr. Collins" and is forced on a 2nd date with him by her mother. He tries to kiss her and her reaction is less than gracious, resulting in her mother lecturing her about the kind of man she needs vs. the kind of man she wants.
Disaster #2: She meets her "Mr. Darcy" and due to some preconceived notions she is not interested and makes that known to him.
Disaster #3: She realizes that she is actually interested in him and that the notion she had about him originally is false. From there she is too embarrassed to try to fix things, so she tries to avoid him.
Eventually he catches up with her and convinces her that he wants to be with her and that he is the right man for her. The book ends at their wedding ceremony. The last words are "I now pronounce you man and wife" and they kiss.
She has no sisters, but her friends serve as the sisters in the original Jane Austen novel. There is a Jane, a Mary, a Kitty, and a Lydia, along with a Charlotte and a Caroline.
The sub-story happening is that "Jane" falls in love with "Mr. Darcy"'s younger brother. Through some mix ups he doesn't realize that she is in love with him and starts dating another girl. But they end up together as well.
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