Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – Some thoughts on re-reading

I recently re-read Pride and Prejudice, a book I last read some time in the mid-1970s. In the intervening years, I have watched a couple of film adaptations but haven’t been struck giddy by the story. And I have no particular fascination for the Regency period.

When I think of that period I don’t think of elegant clothing, balls, dance cards, riding out in a curricle, or the ‘ton’. It is more likely to bring to mind transportation to Australia, the Napoleonic wars, the great disparity bet...