Elizabeth Bennet's Impertinent Letter

After rejecting Fitzwilliam Darcy’s arrogant proposal at Rosings, Elizabeth Bennet challenges him in an impertinent letter. Very quickly, her incautious correspondence is connected (directly or tangentially) to scandals, scoundrels, four weddings and a minor murder, an almost-elopement, an abduction, a seduction, a counterfeit wedding, and a compromise that is foiled by a goat during a ball at Netherfield. And by the end of the tale, all the characters are united with their appropriate match, and Colonel Fitzwilliam—who serves as cupid for Darcy and Bingley and an investigator for the army—finds the love of his life.