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Summary: What can say...... good to the last page
Review: Loved it. Gave me bags under my eyes, staying up late to read just one more chapter. I would highly recommend it to anyone that wants to feel gitty about a book.
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Summary: unrealistic
Review: Of course, literature does not have to be realistic to be great, but for me, it has to have something that is at least so in a figurative level. I find the main characters in this book to be rather shallow. Most pepole go through life without seeing their pride and prejudice, so how can Elizabeth and Darcy do it with such ease? I fail to see, other than a nice, happy story, what gives this novel its value.
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Summary: A Teenager's Perspective of Austen's Pride & Prejudice
Review: Never before have I read a book as Austen's Pride & Prejudice. Honestly, I don't read much book but I'm glad that I read this one. Throughout the first and most of the second volumes, Eliza criticized Mr. Darcy for his conceited, haughty attitude. She berated him for being so snobby at the balls. Eliza made assumptions about Mr. Darct only using his appearance and brief conversations with him as her premise. She also believed rumors from absolute strangers (Mr. Wickham) that slandered Mr. Darcy's reputation. Any bad news that she could find even the most baised resource was a good enough for her, just as long as it intensified her hatred for Darcy. One of the greatest accusations she put against him was his acts of prejudce and his big pride. However, she had made these conclusions based on her own prejudce against Darcy. This is the irony. She was a hypocrite in her own way. She deserves equal censure for her pride and prejudice. Unfortunately she realized her defects at near end. It is not surprisng that hse feels horrible about her discovery of her true self. The irony in all of this is that she got so caught up in finding Darcy's evil that she became who she hated most. She became the vain and prejudced one. She became the enemy she loathed so much. As you can plainly see, this book had a lot of impact on me. It was really enriching to read and Austen's delicate use of language which integrates the formality of that time along with slight English humor. The amalgam of languages helped me develop an intense vocabulary. I learned a lot of new words and feel better about writing.
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Summary: Pride and Prejudice
Review: My measure of a superb novel is the ability to read it many times and be able to find something new or to see characters and occurences from a different perspective. This novel never disapoints. With each reading, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot have become more complex, funnier, and also sadder. Jane has become more than just a sweet girl pining for a lost love. Her passivity and inability to express her emotions seem a subtle warning to those of us who may share Jane's foibles. Elizabeth seems more self-conscious, more aware of her times, a woman's place, and the class system within which she must operate. Against this background she appears braver and wittier, her observations more trenchant. It would be hard to find a character as pompous and awful as Mr. Collins, yet he also elicits one's sympathy. And Mr. Darcy is wonderful in his rudeness and his smoldering desire. His haughty proposal to Elizabeth and her stinging reply are still hurtful. His subsequent letter is the opening gambit to the breaking down of Darcy's pride and Elizabeth's prejudice. These characters are so real and their emotions so true that the 150-plus years that separate us quickly disappear.
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Summary: refers to LARGE PRINT EDITION - HarperCollins
Review: I am returning the HarperCollins Large Print edition of Pride and Prejudice because the PRINT IS TOO SMALL for a Large Print book. I am distressed that it bears the NAVH (National Association of the Visually Handicapped) mark -- the font is clearly smaller than other, commercially produced, large print books. Obviously, this review does not address the content of Austen's work -- I'm objecting only to the presentation by this publisher.
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Summary: Excellent, but beware of format
Review: I will not criticize Jane Austen's work and anything that makes her more accessible in the pure (unabridged) form is to be praised. BUT, please be informed that this edition requires the tapes to be listened to on a player with speaker balance controls! If your player does not have this capacity, or if the speaker in question cannot be turned off completely, this set is useless. Of my two cars, two portable players, and home stereo, only two of them can play this edition. So, this means that I drive that car even more than I used to, and fold laundry more, whilst listening to this.
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Summary: A lesson in life
Review: Not much to say... No words can do justice to the value of this work. This is one of those books that you read and just want to run out and 'violently' recommend to everyone who will listen.
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Summary: beautiful!
Review: This timeless classic's appeal remains undiminished through the ages. Drawing on the universal topic of love and marraige, Jane Austen's most "sparkling" work addresses the role in society of women, social/class differences, and well...pride and prejudice...with scintillating wit. Producing two of literature's most loved protagonists, the witty Elizabeth Bennet and haughty Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice remains a joy to read. Having inspired books and movies such as Bridget Jones' Diary, P&P is one of the must-reads of English literature!
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Summary: Four and a half stars
Review: PNP was a delight to read. I'm not a fan of Jane Austen. I was in fact, dismissive of her work as being too boring and feminist (though I insist that the two are not necessarily related!) which led me to pick up this novel to see for myself. For a story so well told, it's surprisingly well paced with little attention to insignificant details and events. I would have though Jane Austen novels spent page after page describing beautiful English scenery but it's feelings and relationships that are the focus of PNP. I can now understand why it's hugely popular with women; it reads like a very sophisticated soap opera. There are handsome young men and ladies, a dodgy character or two to make things interesting, and romantic entanglements aplenty. I quite enjoyed following the relationship of Elizabeth Bennet and the enigmatic Darcy. Things change a lot in 200 years, but not when it comes to love. The language could be hard for many to grasp, but that is my only reservation. Pride And Prejudice is a fine book and one I recommend to anyone.
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Summary: Elizabeth is my heroine
Review: I love this book. I can't believe I had never read it -- I'm 30 years old and don't remember ever reading any Jane Austen, but this is only the beginning for me!
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