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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Start date: August 8, 2014

Finish date: October 7, 2014

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Sep 13, 2012 Plethora rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: zown-2013, classics, fiction, dws_qualifying, yr-2013-reads, yr-2013-dws_qualified, kindle, historical-fiction, romance, dws_buddy_reads

This story got off to a slow start for me. I was having a hard time getting into it, and feeling guilty since it is Pride and Prejudice one of the beloved books of many. I watched the first episode of the BBC series with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy to see if that would help after I had read the first twelve chapters. It did, I was able to get a better grasp for the storyline and see some of the humor I was missing in my reading.

While I was slow to warm-up to the Bennet family they did grow on me a ...more

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Aug 09, 2013 Rida Sajid rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-and-funny, favourite-ones, easy-read, classics

If someone ever asked me that if I ever felt to be drugged? I would say, "Yes! It was while reading Pride and Prejudice.

I really float through the whole book. I was always afraid to start it as I thought I won't ever have the guts to finish an old classic as this but to my surprise I loved it. The characters are so well written as so nicely done that you don't want to say goodbye to them ever.

No wonder so many women adores it after so many years passed by. ...more

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May 30, 2012 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics-fiction

Austen is a challenging author for some because of the prosaic writing which is very detailed and expansive in nature. I loved this book though the ending felt a bit abrupt to me in the way the story wrapped up. I found it helpful to audiobook this so my mind was free to create pictures of the scenes and characters. Enjoying her other titles now.

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