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This is an absolutely wonderful book, and one that I have gone far too long without reading. I've experienced a number of adaptations since I first read this, and while they were often good, I really appreciate getting to read this again to see the fullness of Austen's original version. There's a lot of good stuff that gets left out for pacing and other reasons in adaptations. The characters are wonderfully written, though a few of them could do with a bit of expansion (especially Mary, who has
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I listened to this when became available free on Audible and I was between commute listens. Then I wrote a very insightful review about how my attitudes towards the various characters have changed since my first reading and how Darcy is at least as much a male fantasy figure as a female one, wet-shirted Colin Firth notwithstanding.
The internet ate that review, and since Jane Austen can probably do OK for another couple centuries without me let me just say that this remains one of my favorite an ...more
The internet ate that review, and since Jane Austen can probably do OK for another couple centuries without me let me just say that this remains one of my favorite an ...more
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