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Summary: Very Enjoyable
Review: The story of five sisters whom their mother is anxious to see married. The eldest, Jane Bennet, is the most beautiful and the calmest. She does not pass judgments too quickly, although her younger sister, Lizzy, is quick to hate or love people based on reports she hears about them or a few words she exchanges with them at a ball. Despite this, Lizzy becomes the central character and her dealings with others are often wise and admirable. She takes charge in awakward situations and stands up for herself and others as necessary. Jane Austen gives detailed descriptions of each character and causes the reader to grow attached to some and tired of others. The story is happy, eventful, and sometimes very funny. Some unhappy surprises, but never bitterly distressing. Some coversations are unforgettable.
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Summary: Why this Wordsworth edition?
Review: I have wanted to read the classics of English literature since I did not do so during college. Because I am not in college, I do not have any need to have an edition with critical essays and copious notes about different versions of the book. A simple book with the story in front of me was all that was necessary. Wordsworth Classics filled the need quite satisfactorily.This edition has the complete text and not much else. The introduction has some historical information about the author and about the publishing of the book. There are only two pages of this. The margins are small, so taking notes within the text will prove difficult. It is easy to carry around and seems to put up with a moderate amount of abuse. The particular story starts with the famous/infamous line "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Given this, and given Jane Austen, you know that you are in for a tour of marriage in old England. Austen's sketches of her characters are so well done that you can't help but hear the dialogue in your head in the voice's of people you are familiar with. Jane Austen understands how people work and is a very astute observer of human nature. In these pages you will follow the trials and tribulations of Jane and Elizabeth Bennett, Mr. Bingley, Mr. Darcy, and the rest of their families and acquaintances. The read is well worth it. The reading is engaging and will keep you turning pages. I would heartily recommend this book.
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Summary: my favourite
Review: To me, Pride and Prejudice is the best of all Jane Austen books. I must have read it a dozen times at least. It is really something of a fairytale, happy end and all. The characters, whether lovable, quirky or frustrating are recogniseable. You are sure to know someone just like Mrs Bennet or have a Mr Collins or Miss Bingley in your family. It is easy to sympathise with Eliza and Mr Darcy. Eliza in particular must be one of the most interesting characters in literature. Jane Austen gave her a mind of her own in a time when such was the last thing a woman was supposed to have. Besides, as lovestories go it is surely one of fiction's best.
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Summary: The ultimate romance
Review: I read this book when I was 12 and because I had watched the Wishbone show and did not believe that the main character could be a dog. The words were a bit difficult but I read it and was really surprised. It starts out a bit slow, but after the middle, it became really interesting and after the book, I felt really good. I actually read the end a couple times again. The characters are really charming, especially Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. I guess you could say it was the ultimate miscommunication. It is an adult fairy tale, is what I can describe it as.
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Summary: Pride and Prejudice Review
Review: The Bennet girls are having a problem with primogeniture. They feel that it isnt fair that the first male in the family gets to inherit the estate after Mr.Bennet has passed away. Since there are five girls and no men there cousin Mr.Collin's gets to inherit the estate. Mrs.Bennet takes it apon herself to find gossip on all the men in the town that are making a reasonable amout of money and hook them up with one of her daughters. This continues on thoughout the movie. Mrs.Bennet and all of the Bennet daughters get tangled up with all of the gossip and mishap,and this complicates everyones lives.
Towards the middle of the movie one of the Bennet daughters(Jane) gets introduced to one of the wealthies men in the town, his name is Mr.Charles Bingley. Mr. Bingley has his eye set on her and they begin to like each other. Mr.Bingley's best friend Mr.Fitzwilliam Darcy also takes a liking for one on the Bennet daughters(lizzy). Mr.Darcy is hard headed and does not show his liking for lizzy at first. He is rude and does not show much respect for her, in lizzy's eyes. Mr.Darcy is jelous of something and tries to break Mr.Bingly and Jane up. This creates lizzy to have more dislike for Mr.Darcy.
The actors that were chosen to play in this movie were very perfect. They understood and comprehended what they had to do and did the job quite perfectly. I really admired how well the plot and characters where chosen. The scene designers and director chose the perfect places to shot the movie. I liked how the two wealthies men's estates in Pemberly and Netherfield Park were placed. This made it seem very realistic. I would defintley recommend this movie to others. It kept you wondering thoughtout the whole movie whether or not Mr.Darcy and lizzy , and Mr.Bingly and jane were going to get together. I feel it was more a chick flick,but would also suggest it to males as well. It might teach them a thing or two on how to approace a woman, and make them feel wanted and loved dispite what others say.
Throughout this movie "Pride and Prejudice" was a really wonderful message. I feel the message was not to give up hope and try to persue your dreams. If something was ment to be it will always work out at the end.
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Summary: The Best
Review: I have just read a description of this book calling it boring, and hard to comprehend, very far from the truth. As a highschool student, I had to read this in my leisure time, b/c it is a lightweight classic. It has so many great characters. Subtle hints of sarcasm, and the stereotypical attitude of some characters, give the story a comical twinge. However, if you do decide to read this for a class, I personally think the story is most interesting as far as plot and drama goes, and unless the class is bent on feminist views, I found it hard to extract any valued literary elements.
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Summary: best Austen book and one of my favourite books ever
Review: I absolutely loved this book!!!! I don't understand how anyone could call it boring. Granted, the people in the books talk a little much and sometimes I'm just like 'Get on with it' but I've sort of learned to skim those parts. This book is a comedy making fun of the English society in the early 1800s. It's making the womens'(woman's?) quest for a good future into a vicious man-hunt and it's hilarious. I agree that there was not enough written out dialogue. I really would've liked the scene with Elizabeth and Darcy played out a little more. But it's a GREAT!!! GREAT!! WONDERFUL!! book. Read it!
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Summary: ........Yawn.......Yawn.........ZZzzzZzZzZzzzZZZzzz
Review: I thought this book would be a lot better than what it turned out to be... for my summer reading requirements i came across this book title and went to this site, amazon.com to see what it was like.... all reviews seemed to be saying that it was an excellent book, yet when i picked it up, i had the hardest time getting past the 10th chapter, i didn't really understand it or discover all that others had... if you have this book on your list for high school reading, be sure you have a lot of free time because you need to read it over quite a few times to understand all aspects of the language, trends, and characters of the story, a modernized version would be a much better one to understand.... this book was written a bit too long ago for me!
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Summary: Too feminist?
Review: I was surprised to read that a previous reviewer expected to find P&P "too boring and feminist". I wish it was either more boring or more feminist. It was so witty and well-written that I couldn't put it down. But I felt uncomfortable with the underlying assumption that a woman's ultimate fulfillment is to marry a rich and gorgeous man. Of course it has very strong female characters, and was a very progressive novel for its time. The fact that it is still so popular makes me wonder how far we have come. I preferred Eliot's Middlemarch - a similar type of novel with a more balanced view of female ambition, morality and emotion.
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Summary: I don't normally give 5 stars
Review: But for this book I have to. I first picked up Austen's P&P when I was in middle school and it failed the 3 chapter test. (You know the test: if you aren't interested in the book by chapter 3 put it down.) I picked it up again a few years later and simply fell in love with the wonderful story. Austen may have written the book over a century ago but the themes that play out within its pages are universal today. Pride, wealth, and station in life are still as important today as they were when Mrs. Bennet was hoping to find husbands for her daughters. In P&P Austen writes about falling in love, how we view it, and how we don't always understand it. Is mutual regard enough for a lasting marriage? What about passion? And does passion or regard equate to love? I reread this book every time I need a reminder that love isn't always fanfares and fireworks.
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