Pride and Prejudice in Retro Chapter Chicks

Nov 22, 2018 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, hardback-own, historical, own

This book is every sort of beautiful!

Happy Reading!

Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾

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Jun 10, 2021 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: hardback-own, historical, beautiful-cover, 5-stars, favorites

Here is another awesome edition I’ve added to my collection 💕

I also like to listen to my cd or mp3 when rereading the book, it gives me great comfort .. especially when I’m feeling particularly like shit …

Ok, I’m going to try to show how beautiful this book is through a few collages. I just don’t have the time or stress level to add each little thing so I’ll show a few things. I’m hoping they take this as I’m trying to review each edition I own, although, I might just add to a few of them later ...more

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Dec 23, 2020 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, favorites, hardback-own, own

This book is everything! To read letters both long and short along with the book is bloody brilliant! 😘

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Jun 26, 2009 Book Concierge rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 19th-century, love, family, movie, own, audio, england, library, social-commentary, literature

Digital audiobook narrated by Kate Reading

One of the best opening lines of literature: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

I thought it was okay when I read it in high school. I re-read it shortly after the BBC mini-series came out and really appreciated it. I’ve seen several film adaptations. And now I’ve listened to the audio version.

It's no wonder this is a classic. Austen is simply the master of dialogue. The ...more

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Apr 13, 2015 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: own

I mean there really isn't much I can say that hasn't already been said on this book. I love the book! I love the movie!

I watch the movie over and over. This is the first time reading the books as it was in my stacks. I loved reading a lot of the things that weren't added in the movie.

I picked this book version because my favorite movie is the one with Keira Knightly and Matthew MacFadyn in it. I know plenty love the other, but to each their own and this is what I love.

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Mar 10, 2015 Kris (My Novelesque Life) rated it really liked it

When it comes to Pride and Prejudice I have read the original novel, read some retellings and sequels based on P&P, watched the black and white film to BBC's mini-series to the Keira Knightly version, and I have seen Hollywood and Bollywood films based on the P&P premise. And, today I add the play adaption of P&P.

Poster of the play
When I saw that the Arts Club (Vancouver, BC) was going to put on an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice I knew that this was something I had to attend. I have enjoyed a When it comes to Pride and Prejudice I have read the original novel, read some retellings and sequels based on P&P, watched the black and white film to BBC's mini-series to the Keira Knightly version, and I have seen Hollywood and Bollywood films based on the P&P premise. And, today I add the play adaption of P&P.

Poster of the play
When I saw that the Arts Club (Vancouver, BC) was going to put on an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice I knew that this was something I had to attend. I have enjoyed almost every production the Arts Club has done that have been adapted from books, movies and other plays (The 39 Steps, It's a Wonderful Life, The Graduate, etc). Jane Austen is one of my favourite authors, and even though P&P is not my favourite novel it is still a classic for me. Austen has great characters and just amazing wit. At times P&P plays like a melodramatic love story and for me it is a true romantic-comedy. Janet Munsil's adaptation and Sarah Rodger's direction brings out the humour of Jane Austen's writing and P&P's essence. The actors as a troop did a wonderful job in heightening the humour that the audience was not just laughing but had that amused look to them that Austen would approve of. I had a great time and 2.5 hours went by quickly.

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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Written by Jane Austen
1813, 279 Pages
Genre: classic, romance, humour, literary

★★★1/2

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."

Mrs. Bennet has five unmarried of age daughters and when Mr. Bingley comes to the country she hopes his fortune will be her good fortune. Thus begins the comedy of romance - as Jane and Mr. Bingley fall in love but have as many forces that want them separated; the Bennet heir wants to marry one - any - of the Bennet sisters but finds that no one wants to make that sacrifice; Mr. Darcy finds Lizzie tolerable and Lizzie finds Darcy insufferable; Miss. Bingley wants Darcy and her brother to marry Georgina; everyone is taken by Wickham but Darcy and Wickham is friendly to anyone but Darcy; Lydia and Kitty flirt with any man; Mary prefer books; and Charlotte is plain. As courtships begin and end we are not sure who will be with you by the end, but we know Mrs. Bennet will try her hardest to get everyone paired off.

One of the reasons that this novel is not a five star book for me is because I am not in love with Darcy. I find him a bit too much work. I also find Lizzie a bit too judgmental of people so do not connect as much as I would like with her character. Yet, I like them together and am satisfied with their story. It is the secondary characters in this novel that makes it endearing to me - Mr. Bennet is just so lovely and I think Charlotte is the grandest friend. I could go on about the other characters but you get the picture. This is a love story that is more than just a romance as the wit and insights that Austen writes are just brilliant. While I enjoy the story and would read some of the fan fiction and watch any movie adaptation it is not a reread for me. I have read Emma a few times and want to read Sense and Sensibility again...but P&P has been read and I am done with visiting the story of P&P in that form.

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Nov 17, 2016 Tasha rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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4.5 stars
I enjoyed it more this second time around. I am really developing an appreciation for Austen and I'm looking forward to reading more of her stuff. ...more

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