No Indignity so Abhorrent

"Assistance is impossible; condolence, insufferable. Let them triumph over us at a distance, and be satisfied."

In a world where a single misstep by a woman is injurious to all her family, the Bennets of Longbourn finds themselves shunned and despised by all their friends when one sister runs away with an officer. Mr. Bennet rouses himself from his beloved books and pursues the lovers to London, but returns empty-handed, his daughter lost forever.

When the Bingley party arrives at Netherfield...