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    <body><![CDATA[What a fun book to read!  It's a collection of essays and articles written by a variety of people who had been asked by the book's editor to write something - anything - about Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. So there were some semi-serious pieces that discussed the various characters, commented o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26706905">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting object lesson in what happens when you don't really put any restrictions on an anthology.  Variations in quality and relevance were so wild, there was almost a whole separate level of experience there: WHAT will happen NEXT?<br/><br/>Highlights: <br/>*the conversation between the c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17966498">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A series of essays about Pride and Prejudice, some almost scholarly, some not at all; also included some &quot;untold tales&quot; based on P&amp;P. A fun read, nothing to write home about.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A roller coaster experience with this book of essays.  Some were well-written, insightful, funny, etc.  Others...were not.  Still, overall, it was a fun read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Essays are somewhat uneven in quality, but there are some gems in here.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA['Pride and Prejudice as Reality TV' was just awesome. the rest - some good, some so-so, a couple i skipped. i only read this on the strength of Crusie as editor, and although i know it's not the done thing for editors to contribute pieces, i would have loved to read something by her. it did however ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69653751">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite essay is &quot;My Firth Love&quot; by Lani Diane Rich.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a bit of a disappointment.  I expected light essays but didn't realize that almost half the book would be fictional take offs which varied from fun to rather stupid. I still enjoyed many of the very brief essays and it is a good kind of book to pick up here and there for a few minutes readi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62060108">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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