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This edition of the book is great as the author's original spelling has been left unchanged, and it's not full of appendixes and notes. (5 Star Amazon Reviewer )
This edition has good quality paper, is well laid out, nice clear print (not too small), and is very well bound (5 Star Amazon Reviewer )
I really like the style of this book. The hardback, has a nice texture, and reminds me of one of those books that were around in the 'Pride and Prejudice' time period (old-fashioned, vintage).. i like that :) I was very pleased with the useful notes and chronology information etc within this version, has helped me alot in understanding, further, this story etc. Was a very good purchase for a very good price.. (5 Star Amazon Reviewer ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
This edition has good quality paper, is well laid out, nice clear print (not too small), and is very well bound (5 Star Amazon Reviewer )
I really like the style of this book. The hardback, has a nice texture, and reminds me of one of those books that were around in the 'Pride and Prejudice' time period (old-fashioned, vintage).. i like that :) I was very pleased with the useful notes and chronology information etc within this version, has helped me alot in understanding, further, this story etc. Was a very good purchase for a very good price.. (5 Star Amazon Reviewer ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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"Jane Austen is one of my favourite writers... very acute, very perceptive, and writing in close and honest detail about the tiny preoccupations of women's lives - preoccupations which speak of much larger social and human issues."
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Read the first page
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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What do I think of Pride and Prejudice?
It's fantastic. Brilliant. Simply, a work of art.
It's fantastic. Brilliant. Simply, a work of art.
Considering the fact that Austen was in her early twenties when she wrote this, her insight into the world was amazing. She understood exactly what everyone thought of everyone else and why.
The heroine of this Austen story is Elizabeth Bennet, the second of five girls in the Bennet family. Certainly, the first line of this Austen novel is to be remembered throughout the ages....'It is a fact universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife.'
The brilliant humour in this book offsets the quite serious task of a poor family of having only daughters trying to find a rich husband. One rich husband is not difficult to find, but five?? Surely an impossible task.
The book itself while it is less than 400 pages, is still full to brim with content. There is not a second where you are bored or let down. A brilliant and moving read, certainly a book that will never be forgotten.
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I first bought this book in its Kindle version a week ago. To be honest, I wasn't really that keen on it. I was only persuaded to read it because I was new to the Kindle and didn't yet have a lot of books to read on it. I expected it to be tedious. I didn't find the title promising, for one thing. And for another, I had an not entirely unreasonable feeling that, since this is rather an old book, it would contain really hard language and strange words. I started off the first couple of chapters with an ill grace, but soon I was captivated by Jane Austen's excellently woven plot about family and relationships. I simply couldn't stop reading, and I was so absorbed in it that I lost track of the time. It is now my most favorite book, which is actually quite surprising because I had never imagined that anything could beat the Harry Potter novels. Also, the Kindle format is very good, with an active table of contents and everything.
The rough outline of the story is about high-ranking Mr. Darcy, who has a massive amount of wealth and middle-class Elizabeth Bennett, who has a determined prejudice against Mr. Darcy because of his pride. As the passion between them grows,it becomes more and more unlikely of their being united. I also really like the way it is all so realistic and makes you believe every word of the book. I won't go into the plot to spoil the surprise.
I've really enjoyed this book...more than anything that I have ever read before, and I hope you will read and enjoy it too. I really recommend this book to anyone over ten years of age. It is a great read... Unmissable!!
The rough outline of the story is about high-ranking Mr. Darcy, who has a massive amount of wealth and middle-class Elizabeth Bennett, who has a determined prejudice against Mr. Darcy because of his pride. As the passion between them grows,it becomes more and more unlikely of their being united. I also really like the way it is all so realistic and makes you believe every word of the book. I won't go into the plot to spoil the surprise.
I've really enjoyed this book...more than anything that I have ever read before, and I hope you will read and enjoy it too. I really recommend this book to anyone over ten years of age. It is a great read... Unmissable!!
49 of 54 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I had the terrible misfortune to go to a school that insisted on making us read the most miserable old books for our English courses. For years afterwards I suffered under the assumption that anything labelled as a "classic" was certain to be grim and impenetrable, and I stuck to reading relatively modern novels.
I bless the day when I wrestled with my prejudice and picked up a friend's anthology of Austen's novels. I had heard plenty about Austen's "social observation" before. It's an unfortunate phrase, because it suggested to me that her writing would be interesting but a bit dry and academic. Not a bit of it.
All of the Austen novels I've read so far have been good, but Pride and Prejudice is head and shoulders above the rest and ranks as one of the most entertaining books I have ever read. The characters are fabulously drawn, from the odious Mr Collins and the vacuous Lydia to the blithe Mr Bingley and the truly heroic Lizzie Bennett. The book is wonderfully constructed, going through what seems to be fairly straightforward plot development before Mr Darcy's proposal puts the main protagonists through a second half full of suspense and heart-felt self-criticism. Austen's writing is clear, concise, full of acute observations and coloured with a wonderful sense of humour.
While the whole book is extremely satisfying, it is Lizzie who steals the show. Much has been made of Mr Darcy's sex appeal, but most red-blooded men would find hard to deny that Miss Bennett is a deeply fascinating and attractive woman. She is fabulous throughout, and the story is peppered with moments where she delivers some truly marvelous dialogue, not least her reaction to Mr Darcy's proposal and her interview with Lady Catherine (which almost had me cheering out loud on the train into work). Strong-willed, intelligent, good-looking and cool under pressure; what a woman.
A fabulous book. How I wish I had read it years ago.
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I read this book at the request of my wife. The closest I have come to reading anything like this before is the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell. Read more
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If you enjoy classic romance and history included Pride and Prejudice is a must. The BBC DVD of this classic is brilliant and is very true to the story. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Karen
Classic chick-lit
I love Pride & Prejudice. As a teenager I fell in love with Laurence Olivier's Mr Darcy and Greer Garson's Elizabeth Bennett. Read more
Published 24 days ago by curly_helmar
A most accomplished novel!
I was pleasantly surprised at how funny this book is! After I had got used to the rambling sentences and archaic language, I began to see that Austen was a very witty woman. Read more
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Pride and Prejudice
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book after having seen it on TV. I always appreciate reading stories from the past which really goes back to my childhood.
Published 1 month ago by moomin
excellent
Pride and prejudice is a classic novel based on themes of love, family life and judgement. It follows the life of a young woman and shows how it is wrong to judge based on first... Read more
Published 1 month ago by AJ
great read
a great story of course made very convenient to read on my new Kindle which fits neatly into my handbag and saves the page. And it was a free download!!
Published 1 month ago by Issy
A timeless classic!
Have read this book time and time again, and it probably still remains my all time favorite novel. Sparkles with wit and vibrant characters who simply jump to life from the page. Read more
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