4.55/5
Author: Jane Austen, Alexander McCall SmithAlexander
Publication Date: Sep 9, 2014
Formats: PDF,Paperback
Rating: 4.55/5 out of 2725532
Publisher: Penguin Random House UK
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The traditional favorite
Jane Austen novel—her enduring story of pride and
prejudice
When Elizabeth Bennet meets
Mr. Darcy she is repelled by his overbearing pride, and prejudice
towards her family. But the Bennet girls are in need of financial
security in the shape of husbands, so when Darcy's friend, the affable
Mr. Bingley, forms an attachment to Jane, Darcy becomes increasingly
hard to avoid. Polite society will be turned upside down in this witty
drama of friendship, rivalry, and love—Jane Austen's classic
romance novel.
Mar 16, 2010
6.0 stars. Confession...this book gave me an earth-shattering Janeaustegasm and I am feeling a bit spent and vulnerable at the moment, so please bear with me. You see, I decided I wanted to get more literated by reading the "classicals" in between my steady flow of science fiction, mystery and horror. The question was where to begin.Aug 12, 2007
Where my massive crush on Jane Austen began: alone, on a hot day in Montana, cursing her name.Mar 20, 2009
I was forced to read this by my future wife.May 07, 2012
THIS BOOK IS MY JAM. JANE AUSTEN IS MY JAM. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT HER AND THIS BOOK. READ THIS BOOK. THAT IS ALL.Nov 30, 2008
NOTE: The review you are about to read was written in 2009. 2009! That's almost 10 years ago! I was 17 and thought I was the smartest person ever! In all honesty I barely remember this book. So, negative comments regarding my intelligence are no longer necessary. They will be ignored. As they have been for probably 6 years now. CARRY ON!Mar 07, 2007
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen started off annoying me and ended up enchanting me. Up until about page one hundred I found this book vexing, frivolous and down right tedious. I now count myself as a convert to the Austen cult.Mar 01, 2018
To summarize: Mister. Darcy.Feb 25, 2008
Critics who consider Austen's works trivial because of their rigid, upper-class setting, wealthy characters, domestic, mannered plots and happy endings are almost totally disconnected from reality, as far as I can tell. What can they possibly expect an upper-middle class English woman to write about in 1813 but what she knows or can imagine? Sci-fi? A history of the American Revolution? A real-life exposé of underage exploitation in the garment district of London? Come on. What other setting can Critics who consider Austen's works trivial because of their rigid, upper-class setting, wealthy characters, domestic, mannered plots and happy endings are almost totally disconnected from reality, as far as I can tell. What can they possibly expect an upper-middle class English woman to write about in 1813 but what she knows or can imagine? Sci-fi? A history of the American Revolution? A real-life exposé of underage exploitation in the garment district of London? Come on. What other setting can she be expected to tackle with authority? Austen's value lies in her portraiture: her characters are believably human in their concerns, vanities, failings and quirks. The plots serve largely to showcase their interaction and thus, her observations of human nature, which are pointed, accurate, and hysterical.Jun 24, 2010
Well-loathed books I've re-readSep 18, 2018
Austen was a brilliant writer.Nov 15, 2008
Mr. Darcy...May 17, 2019
I am so unqualified to write about this book.Nov 02, 2016
Society, with all its restrictive constructs, is one nasty piece of work.May 27, 2009
it is official: now everyone on the planet has read this book. i was the last holdout, and being the last person (excluding those who are just being born...... now) i am sorry i didn't like it more. i knew going into it that i was not a jane austen girl; i had read two others and thought them bloodless and mercantile. but everyone said to me, "well, you haven't read pride and prejudice is why you don't like her." which i thought might be valid. but it's not. because i still don't care. this is it is official: now everyone on the planet has read this book. i was the last holdout, and being the last person (excluding those who are just being born...... now) i am sorry i didn't like it more. i knew going into it that i was not a jane austen girl; i had read two others and thought them bloodless and mercantile. but everyone said to me, "well, you haven't read pride and prejudice is why you don't like her." which i thought might be valid. but it's not. because i still don't care. this is not the greatest love story of all time. it's more like the most amiable alliance of compatible feelings that ends up in a mutually agreeable union and merging of fortunes and temperaments. i mean, really. this book needs heathcliff to come barreling in on a stallion all wet from the moors to ravish all five of these daughters and show them what a real man is all about. now there's a love story...Sep 17, 2017
Well, I finally finished this classic novel, by Jane Austen, set in the 18th century, and I have to say it was worth all the time I took to read it. I absolutely loved the main characters, the humor, and most of all the romance. I watched the movie and loved it also, but the book is much more detailed and descriptive.Jun 07, 2008
938. Pride and Prejudice, Jane AustenJul 26, 2007
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Reread rereview! https://youtu.be/PHB3enlOORcOct 18, 2008
Some years back in one of my APAs, someone castigated Jane Austen's books like this: "All those daft twits rabbiting on about clothes and boyfriends and manners."Oct 24, 2011
18 chapters in... I want that to sink in for a moment... ok. 18 chapters in and NOTHING has happened. I am enjoying her writing style very much, but I also enjoy the back of an occasional cereal box so that may not mean much. We will see.Jan 01, 2013
Often imitated, never matched. Nobody can do it quite like Jane Austen.Nov 07, 2019
I like the story and the book is great! I loved the movie but the writing style of classics is just not for me!May 08, 2010
"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that it had begun."Mar 06, 2014
I am so genuinely surprised at the positive experience I had reading this book! I had so much fun reading it and can now understand why people love it so much :3 Let's be real this deserves 5 stars <3Oct 10, 2006
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. So the other day Elizabeth and I are in the book store and she saw this book, and said she really wanted me to read it. In horror at the thought of reading what I thought was a 'chick book', i immediately countered that she would then have to read one of my favorites: Dune. She agreed!Take your time and choose the perfect book.
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