Are we all Mary Bennet? In Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, the plain bookworm is overshadowed by her four sisters — but now her moment seems to have come at last.
Epic love story of the odd one out
Perceptive: In Jane Austen's original text, the middle Bennet sister Mary is described as humourless and pedantic, but she is also the only one who likes to read, and the only one who scoffs openly at the superficial rites her social standing demands. Glossary
Pedantic - Too concerned with minor details or rules.
Conceited - Too vain or proud.
Jaundiced - Literally, to have the disease jaundice, but in this case it means displaying excessive bitterness, resentment or cynicism.