ldquo She is tolerable but not handsome enough to tempt me rdquo This sentence pronounced by Mr Darcy in Jane Austen rsquo s Pride and Prejudice is the reason I will never forget that novel and its impact on me Because after reading that one sentence I firmly decided I would never like Mr Darcy But I was wrong Like Austen rsquo s character Elizabeth Bennet I had the humbling experience of slowly mdash and quite reluctantly mdash changing my mind Like her I rsquo d been unwilling to get to know Darcy rsquo s character as a whole I [... more]