Before discussing about the details of Mr.Darcy’s personality in the “Pride and Prejudice” novel, let’s have a look at what is ‘social anxiety’. A person suffering with social anxiety disorder is afraid of social gatherings and feels more self-conscious than usual during this time.

So, the answer to the question of whether Darcy has social anxiety in the book is definitely yes. In most of the episodes in the book, his actions and utterances reveal his social anxiety. He even quoted it by saying “I don’t have the talent of conversing easily with people I have never met” and also refuses to dance with any of the girls at the party in the initial pages of the book.

Here’s the actual statement of Mr.Darcy in the novel:

“I certainly have not the talent which some people possess of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.”