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Read in November, 2008
Mr. Darcy ... the famous Mr. Darcy ... This is his world, this is were he originated.
Mr. Darcy is kind of the bad boy, he is awfully proud and because of this, rumours about him are easily turned into prejudice (hence the title!) because he doesn't behave like a decent gentleman ought to behave in the eyes of civil society.
Therefore, he is hardly first choice for Mr. and Mrs. Bennet although they have five (5!) daughters to marry off. Especially Mrs. Bennet is very much concerned wit...more
Mr. Darcy is kind of the bad boy, he is awfully proud and because of this, rumours about him are easily turned into prejudice (hence the title!) because he doesn't behave like a decent gentleman ought to behave in the eyes of civil society.
Therefore, he is hardly first choice for Mr. and Mrs. Bennet although they have five (5!) daughters to marry off. Especially Mrs. Bennet is very much concerned wit...more
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Read in August, 2006
A book that I thought that I should start reading some clasical litrature. A sharp and witty comedy of manners played out in early 19th Century English society, a world in which men held virtually all the power and women were required to negotiate mine-fields of social status, respectability, wealth, love, and sex in order to marry both to their own liking and to the advantage of their family. Flawless prose, crackling wit, good drama, fully developed characters and a perfect plotline make this ...more
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Read in February, 2006
I must have picked up this book to read it almost a hundred times ... ok might have been ten. I was supposed to read it twice in college for Jane Austen/Mary Shelly class and 18th Cent. Fiction. I didn't thought. I finally picked it up because I finished and loved Mansfield Park ... I love Jane Austen. I really do.
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Feb 13, 2008
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marked it as to-read
I simply agree that Colin Firth...is amazingly delicious!!
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Read in September, 2006
Read in September, 2006
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