Plot: Mrs. Bennet is occupied with finding her five daughters all wonderfully rich husbands. When Mr. Bennet dies, the nearest male relative will inherit all of the Bennets' money and property, and can throw the rest of the family out of the house. The husbands are to insure the entire family's well being after Mr. Bennet's death, and two of the daughters are lucky enough to marry for love. Lizzy meets Mr. Darcy, who is rather stuck up and they don't like each other at first. Jane meets Mr. Bingley, who is a kind man and falls in love with her easily.
Mr. Bennet: He's sensible and funny and doesn't care much for his wife, who is the complete opposite of himself. He loves his oldest daughters very much, particularly Lizzy, because of how level headed they are. He wants his daughters' happiness but doesn't seem too concerned over the prospect of them losing the house and money after his death.
Mrs. Bennet: She can be really rude. She's very over dramatic and too nosy and likes to insult other people's daughters, and sometimes her own. Looks matter the most to her, so she's happy that her daughters were, mostly, very pretty. She's the driving force between the daughters getting husbands, and she's the reason why Bingley and Jane ever met.
Jane: She's very quiet and timid and not nearly as strong willed as her mother or Lizzy, who's her best friend. She's inclined to think the best of everybody, including Bingley's sisters, who kind of like her at first but don't later on. It was easy for her to fall for Bingley and she had her heart broken by him and found it rather difficult to get over.
Lizzy: Very strong willed, and sensible, like her father. She sees no reason to think of Darcy in a romantic way after his first rude proposal, whereas most women might still be really flattered by the fact that a very rich man wanted to marry them. She can hold a grudge, too, as she wasn't really wiling to forgive him and wouldn't have if he hadn't been so nice the next few times she saw him. Instead of knowing instantly that she loved him, like Jane did with Bingley, it crept up on her until she finally realized that she may have feelings for him.
Kitty and Lydia: They are "two of the silliest girls in England", absent minded and all that matters to them is soldiers. They're annoying.
Mary: Really smart. She doesn't excel in the things that ladies are supposed to be accomplished in. She can't sing, and she's smarter than most girls her age, and she has no interest in boys.
Jane Austen's writing style is a little dry, mainly because of how old it is. There's a lot of higher level vocabulary in it. There are a lot of long boring passages.
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