Pride and Prejudice

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Summary: Love, Laughter, Thrilling, Enticing, Illustrious, Elegant!!!
Review: Jane Austen is so wonderful. She Writes so well, it is no wonder she is one of the best known authors of all time. Pride and Prejudice has got to be the best book I have ever read. I love Elizabeth Bennet, even more because I am also an Elizabeth myself and I feel I can relate very well to her in many ways. I just adore this book, I could hardly put it down, I finally had to stop reading when my butt started falling asleep. I is so exciting to find out who will marry who, and to see Mr. Darcy change his manners and Elizabeth change her mind. The elegance of the novel truly added to the characters and the setting. I loved Mr. Bennet, and how he and Mrs. Bennet argued so casually. This book makes me want to get married and find a Mr. Darcy of my own. Read this book and enjoy!!! It is truly marvelous!

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Summary: A great page-turner!
Review: This book is just plain fun! Mr. Bennet is hilarious, and the whole who's-gonna-marry-who question sheds light on our modern mating dilemmas. Austen has a great sense of humor, and Elizabeth Bennet is a very likable heroine.

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Summary: One of my all-time favorites
Review: This book originally belonged to my mother, and I found it while raiding our mini-library. The title kept from reading for a long time, but when I finally did, I was amazed. The realistic characters made me laugh and cry. I felt like I could sympathize with Eliza. The book is now so worn out (from me!) that I desperately need a new copy. I would (and have) suggest this to anyone who wants a good read.

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Summary: An instant favorite!!
Review: I totally loved this book! I could not put it down for a minute. The language may be a bit hard, but if you just keep a dictionary handy, then you can just look up the words that you don't know. (A great way to expand your vocabulary!) I would highly recommend this book to anyone from age 13 up!!

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Summary: Give it a chance- it grows on you!
Review: When I first heard I had to read this book over the summer for English class (I'm a junior), I had heard it wasn't that great, and it didn't look to be much fun either. I love reading, but this book just seemed a bit boring. Well, once I began reading it, my opinion drastically changed. It is so well-written. The characters are so real- granted, some are a bit exaggerated, but that seems to be Austen's point...exaggerating the faults of society. The tension between Elizabeth and Darcy, and the subplots with the other characters draw together a fine novel. I also completely enjoyed the fact that there was not a lot of description in the book; it let you form your own opinion of how the settings and characters looked. Do yourself a favor and READ THIS BOOK! And don't have a preconcieved prejudice about it like I did...

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Summary: If I were stranded on a desert island...
Review: If anyone asks me what my favorite book is, hands down it would be Pride and Prejudice. I'm not sure what it is about this book, but I'm hooked. I have read it and reread it countltess times. My small paperback book shows how well it's loved, pages crinkeld, some stained. There's something about opening the book and reading the lines those lines which are so familiar to me that gives me a comforting feeling,. It's the same feeling as coming home after a long time. If I was stranded on a desert island this book is what I'd take with me because it offers a solice like no other. I'd highly reccomend this book to anyone. Getting through it the first time was a bit tough for me, bu t it was worth it.

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Summary: my favorite book of all time
Review: Jane Austin truly brings out the reality of courting and marraige of nineteenth century England. The language is hard to understand, at first, but you'll learn a lot of new words. I think that this is a classic story, and I recommend it to anyone.

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Summary: A great read! Something akin to listening to Mozart!
Review: Reading Jane Austen is like listening to Mozart, it's good for the brain. Austen's mastery of the English language shows itself well in this book. I read it for pleasure but would have like to read it with a critical sense able to pick up on subtleties and irony but I had enough to tax my brain with just getting through it. I still can't understand why the first sentence of the book is great. So using this place like a message board I ask, "Can someone make clear why many people think so?"

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Summary: It was well written.
Review: I find the dramatic tale of a unique family intriguing

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Summary: Ick...How dare I!
Review: I always feel unworthy to review anything classical, or that even written a long time ago, for the simple fact it is not my place to critise the masters of the written work, or to even begin to understand what it was like to live in that era. Therefore, I am left without an option but to base a review on the level of my enjoyment, which is no reflection of how great the novel is written or what a classical piece of artistry it may be. I cannot give this novel 5 stars because I truely found my attentiion wavering, and I felt thankful that the book, which seemed drawn out to me, was closing to end. It is undoubtably a classic storyline, the 'prejudice' of Mr Darcy, the love developing between the unlikely, but I had seen the movie, and generally knew the storyline, but felt to fully apperciate this story, I must have read it. Maybe that contributed to the sense of boredom that came with this novel to a degree, particularly whilst it was winter (in the novel) and Mr Darcy and Jane's friend were out of town. I got sick of the letters in the book, and began to think about other things while reading them, increasing the time it took me to read it. Sadly, I think with a increased patience, I could have really liked this novel, but I just was thankful I had finished it. I am sorry to burst any 'Pride and Prejudice loving' bubbles, just telling it how I saw it. Then again, I don't really know that much about the classics.