<p>It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.<br>However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.<br>"My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you hear...