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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Start date: August 1, 2014

Finish date: August 31, 2014

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Pride and Prejudice- Chapter 46 (Vol 3 Chap 4)
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Sep 20, 2014 Hayley Sprout rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, 2015

I FINISHED THE THIIIIIIIIIIING.
Proper finished it.
I give this maybe a 1.5 rating. It didn't grasp my attention, it was boring and all the characters sounded the same. But I liked Lydia at the end cause it got interesting. ...more

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Jul 31, 2014 Andie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: favourites, female-protagonist, romance, classics, austen-august

I decided since I mistakenly never posted this review at the end of my Austen August marathon (whoops!!), this would be a good way to round off my blogging 2014 year- to actually post it! Only 4 months late but you know, better late than never.

Pride and Prejudice is arguably one of the best loved British novels, and most well known novels of all time. If you say you’ve never read it or god forbid, disliked it, you get gasps and looks of shock from those who feel otherwise. I first tried reading I decided since I mistakenly never posted this review at the end of my Austen August marathon (whoops!!), this would be a good way to round off my blogging 2014 year- to actually post it! Only 4 months late but you know, better late than never.

Pride and Prejudice is arguably one of the best loved British novels, and most well known novels of all time. If you say you’ve never read it or god forbid, disliked it, you get gasps and looks of shock from those who feel otherwise. I first tried reading it when I was around 15, struggled and gave up at chapter 7, when Jane gets sent by scheming Mrs Bennet to visit the Bingley’s in the rain so she gets a cold. After studying Austen at A level, I went back to read it and absolutely loved it. After 3 years, I felt it was time for a re-read and decided to use it as a blogging session readalong- which went down fantastically, many thanks to all those who participated. You can find the goodreads discussion group, the chapter summaries and discussion boards, at this link- they are all still live with the intention of staying that way for those who want to read along with the discussions in the future.

Austen is known for being quite ahead of her time, and also for being quite cynical about the society in her time. At first, reading Austen does feel like it could simply be classed as the hashtag #whitepeopleproblems. All about these rich white women, mostly upperclass, whose biggest problems concern finiding a husband. But I feel there is a lot more to these novels than Mr Darcy and dowries. Lizzie Bennet is much like a more developed version of Catherine Morland. Both long for adventure (IN THE GREAT WIDE SOMEWHERE~, sorry), and for their lives to be more than just being married off to the highest bidder. They are both heroines ahead of their time and fully enjoyable to read about. Pride and Prejudice is obviously about the trials and tribulations of the relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy. But it is also about the Bennet’s family relations and the bizarre power structure of the Society at that time. How easily a family reputation can be brought to the ground and shattered because of one little decision, and the overbearing mother who can’t leave well enough alone and is constantly scheming to match make her daughters

One of my comment statuses actually sums this up: “This book should actually be called “Why rumours are bad…”.”

All throughout this book, I was laughing (mostly at Mr Bennet, Mrs Bennet and Mrs Bennet’s nerves) and sighing at how lovely Darcy is (seriously, if you love him in the dramas, then read the book because my god.) While the book itself is by no means flawless, I really do find it enjoyable and emotional and in my opinion, it deserves all the praise it gets!

“Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, Vanity to what we would have others think of us “

Austen August Page Count: 389
Total: 1424

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Jul 11, 2012 Amanda rated it liked it

Finally. After a year and two months, I have finished this timeless story.

I cannot honestly say why this book has taken me this long to complete, although the language and the previous knowledge of the story probably had a hand in it... After setting out to finish this book this year, I have finally finished my goal.

I did enjoy the story, although I did find it dragged and lagged at parts. I reached a point with it that I really only wanted to get to the spots where Darcy had a bigger part in. I ...more

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Aug 01, 2014 Lore rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Edit: Finally got myself this clothbound Penguin Classics, and is soooo beautifuuuul! I love it!

Still an amazing classic.
Miss Austen, as always, very eloquent on the commentary about the society that surrounded her.
I'm realizing that the more I re-read this book, the more I'm loving it.
If you're hesitant on reading classics, this is a great book to start: vocabulary very easy to understand and plot fairly fun to keep you engaged! Please read it! ...more

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