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Summary: It does us "limeys" proud!!!
Review: Well, I first readthis book last week and I think it's amazing. I saw the video of it last year and I think it is possibly one of the best dramatisations ever. I loved Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth in P&P and this week I am hoping to buy Bridget Jones's Diary (being released here in England on Saturday). I find this book has a romanticism about it and when you read the book, you feel a longing to be back in the period where men where gallant and women were graceful. The sexual chemistry between Elizabeth and Mr Darcy was wonderful; you felt as if you were actually there.
If you've already read it, read it again and if you've never read it... well, you've never lived!
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Summary: Better than I had expected
Review: Yes, I must admit that I judged this book by its cover, the cardinal sin of book-reading. I at first thought this book was a "chick book" (which it kind of is), but started to enjoy it as the novel progressed. Elizabeth Bennett is an amazing heroine of classic literature. Her eventual love for the arrogant and boastful Darcy is extremely unexpected. I especially enjoyed how one part of the book was used to show the pride of one character, and the other part devoted to the prejudice of another. I strongly recommend this book to anyone, although I must say that there is quite an amount of characters that you must learn to set apart from each other.
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Summary: One of the best female characters ever
Review: I've just finished reading this book again for probably the 20th time. The first time I read it was in my early 20s. I was amazed that Elizabeth, the main character, a young woman in her 20s from early 19th century England,was so likeable and full of life. I definitely related to her.
Seeing the famous BBC/A&E production in the mid 1990s only increased my joy of this book.
Austen was an incredible observer of the manners and mores of her time. This book lets her playfulness and human spirit shine through.
This is one title I will never tire of reading.
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Summary: WHERE ARE YOU AUDIO BOOK????
Review: I had the audio version of this classic in my car. Someone broke into the car and tried to steal the radio but was not able to--but they did get away with this audio tape. Now, I know there is a car thief somewhere in this area listening to Pride and Prejudice, and I hope they enjoy it. I compare this book with a comfort food. For me, it is a comfort book. When I have nothing else to read (seldom) and don't want to read any more murder mysteries or genre fiction, I reach for this book as it always brings me joy and pleasure.
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Summary: Austen's drawing power is undeniable...
Review: This book is filled with memorable characters and beautifully written prose that deserve applause. I instantly liked it from the first paragraph. Certainly literature that demands a second reading.
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Summary: What kind of person would get this???
Review: I read Pride and Prejudice for school. I thought it was the most boring book I have ever read. I didn't get it at all. I wanted to like it because everyone else in the reviews said it was so great! I hated it, and I was so happy when I finished......if it hadn't been for school I would have never finished it. I might be the only person that didn't get it but I did NOT like this book at all.
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Summary: Lizzie and Fitzwilliam
Review: This is surely the most delicious of Jane Austen's novels. Austen writes with superb insight of the era she was living in!The characters are wonderful - the spirited and rebellious Lizzie Bennett, proud and handsome Darcy, the gloriously silly Mrs Bennett and the ogre that is Lady Catherine de Burgh. If you only ever read one classic novel, then this is the one to read. Follow it with the BBC video version (1995), a glass of wine, a large box of chocs. and curl up on the sofa. Enjoy !!
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Summary: A Life-Changing Work of Fiction
Review: As embarrassing as it sounds, I must make a confession: I, a male college student, was up till two a.m. on a Saturday finishing this book. In short, the novel is well worth the attention of any personality type, any demographic, any fancy, any interest. It is a marvelous story, written flawlessly, and with such a humorous personality to bind it all together that one might frequently erupt aloud in laughter. The laughter, while abundant and universally entertaining, does not supercede the primary intentions of this novel, signified in the title by "Pride" and "Prejudice." And, indeed, in these two arenas, Austin succeeds marvelously in creating a tale that thrusts upon the reader both of these emotions, causing him to experience and be embarrassed by his own possession of these two traits. In that case, Pride and Prejudice is a work of pure genius. Especially with the subject of the Prejudice, the reader becomes so involved in the misconceptions and assumptions between one character and another that he is thrown through the tumultuous emotions that form the characters into more just and honorable characters at the novels conclusion. Having had only Sense and Sensibility as a prior introduction to Jane Austin, I emphatically commit that Pride is the greater, more humorous, more emotionally charged, and more intellectually potent novel. To the very degree which the reader wrongfully dislikes--even abhors--certain characters in the book, makes the conclusions finale--long awaited and anxiously feared to be tragic--the more powerful of a climax. Never before have I read a book that so forcefully charged me to reevaluate my own convictions and prejudice of other people. It is truly a masterwork of reader manipulation, as the characters in the book are pulled ride along side, and both the fictional and non-fictional assumptions are cast aside and replaced with shame and embarrassment. In conclusion, there are so many reasons to read this book that it is impossible to deny. Read it for the laughter, for the story, for the passion, for the irrefutable and welcome reversal that it will no doubt spur in each reader who picks the novel up. There is so much to learn and so much fun to be had with this book, that no one should be deprived of the experience.
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Summary: Whose pride?
Review: It is generally considered a pretty, romantic book - like a swan on a lake. But much like the swan, it's what happening underneath that's important. I have always admired this book for its wit and sharp observations but also for the title. Clever and astute, as usual. But is it Elizabeth who is proud and Darcy who is prejudiced? Or vice versa? Or are they both proud and prejudiced? These questions keep me re-reading this masterpiece at least once a year and I change my mind about the answers every time. This book will give me a lifetime of pleasure.
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Summary: Too good for words
Review: Pride and Prejudice is the best book I have ever read. This novel is so wonderful, I wish I had never read it just so I could read it again! The wonderful charactes and charming plot make this novel one of the best of all time. Its wit and charm make any reader simply fall in love with it. I highly reccomend it!
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