Ah, hard to say.
We women swoon over Darcy for many a reason. He is a gentlemen, for starters. I mean that in the true sense of the word – Ye olde style.
He’s also rich, handsome, an excellent friend, and – most importantly – he is the man that shows his gentle, romantic bits.
I guess we swoon mostly over that – you can tell he is very deeply in love, and he shows it in a shy way.

I dunno. It’s a classic, it’s the model of what us romantics wish we had! XD

I didn’t know that pride and prejudice was the way to understand a woman…. maybe trying to understand more about emotion will help, since that that’s what the book is mainly about…

Meh. I tried. I don’t know, and I’ve read the book so many times, and watched the movies over and over. I love it, but I can’t quite tell you. It’s a woman thing?? XD

i fell for darcy after seeing the bbc version of p and p and i think it is because he expresses how he feels through his eyes, he doesn’t say much and doesn’t have to. he’s not gushy but he’s romantic and he’s manly but exposes a gentler side. thats a mighty hard question you asked! but hey, its the movies. and guys are perfect in movies.

and i LURVE it when he says ‘i love you’ in the 2005 movie.

first of all, the kiera knightly version sucks. if that’s the one you watched, erase it from your mind and go rent the bbc version immediately.

i agree with michelle–part of it is the acting (and most definitely the actor) in the bbc version (the one with colin firth).

and as buffy says, he’s also the Great Gentleman, with a capital G.

i dunno. that is a hard question . . . because it’s not like darcy is perfect throughout the movie. he’s pretty infuriating at the beginning, actually. but i think he was so *proud* because he was trying to follow the rules of Society and was secretly angry with himself for being attracted to someone so obviously outside his circle. but once he starts thinking for himself, he realizes all those rules aren’t worth it if it means living without elizabeth. [i think one of jane austen's big themes was exposing the shallowness of Society (rich society), especially the separation among the different classes] anyway, he has to make his own decisions about what’s right for himself. and once he decides that elizabeth is what he wants–who he loves, he goes out of his way to be the bennet family hero; but he does it all for elizabeth. and he’s humble about it. around this point in the story we get to discover his true gentlemanly character alongside elizabeth, which is really fun. and in the end he makes everything right in the bennet world again. plus, he gets the girl.

there are definitely other takes on the story–i don’t think it’s one-dimensional at all. this is just one view. ultimately, though, it’s a love story. and a heck of one at that. and what girl do you know who doesn’t love a love story??