Fitzwilliam Darcy

Is the man. My dream man. The dream man of women all round the world for the past 2 centuries of his birth and travel through the classics.

Born in the fertile brain of Jane Austen, Darcy sets fire to every woman's heart. Tall, debonair, ENGLISH, Handsome, intelligent,honest, resourceful, interesting, romantic, brave, caring, and of course rich. Darcy is the personification of what women want. Though he is English, he expresses his emotions and his love ardently..:)))

I read Pride and Prejudice in my 8th or 9th grade. If there is something called love and yearning, I would say he had mine for life. When amma asked me what were the traits I expected in someone I loved, I made her gasp saying I already met him. My mom was like, "Omigosh!!!". Fitzwilliam Darcy.

I got the book recently in Barnes and Noble as I wanted to read through the book with the eyes of a woman.

I have been reading the book ever since: 6 months. Leafing through favorite sections, narrator describing Darcy, his emotions, thoughts, Darcy through other's eyes. Written in 1796 and first published in 1813, if after 200 years, this man brings life to emotions, never seen, never met, conceived in print. Love in theory is the term I would choose to say. One of my friends asked me about my opinion of a perfect man : Darcy. In many many ways Sarang is Darcy.. In one especially. I have NEVER seen a man like that. Which is why I want to go to ENGLAND.

Not that he is faultless. No way close. He is projected at first as a proud, disdainful man and after a series of self confessions,he portrays himself to have behaved rudely and in pride many a time to prevent not only lower connections but in the belief induced from childhood from mistaken notions of confidence and pride. He himself believes that his pride is under control and does not realize that his behaviour has been abominable until Elizabeth says so.

But the quickness with which he corrects himself, forgives Elizabeth herself for her prejudice and still loves her inspite of every improper conduct of her family single him out to the reader.

I think every Austenite thinks herself to be Lizzy or hopes that she is.

For me, having read almost every one of Austen's books, and being a hopeless romantic...there is NO chance of escape. I am head over heels in love with Darcy.

The person who can may be come close to Darcy would be Vanthiyadevan from Ponniyin Selvan. The same braggadacio character who charms the head out of Kundhavai. Maybe. But not quite.

There is one person in real life (long long ago, so long ago that nobody knew how long ago!!!) whom I met who came close to Darcy though nowhere by any means as tall. :) His pride, his behaviour, his general personality everything reminded me of Darcy. But I lost contact with him. So I cannot introduce you to him.

But in case you do decide to grab a book from the shelves : "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, and you get through to the last page, meet someone you know who resembles Darcy and is NOT 200 years old(more like 29-32 :)))), you know who to tell first. Dont you????