From the Bookshelf of Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
So you think you know and love Pride and Prejudice? Reading the well-researched, annotated copy will give you a new appreciation for this beloved Jane Austen classic. Readers who have not read the original or are unfamiliar with the story may want to read this without reading the notes first, as there are some plot spoilers in the notes -- this recommendation is included in the Notes to the Reader at the beginning of the book. David M. Shapard's notes enhance the reading experience and offer ins
...more
Feb 02, 2011
Chazza Everafter
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
classics,
2011-read-list
This is my second read of Pride and Prejudice, and I loved it even more this time than I had when I read it in high school. I feel that many of the "required texts" that I read then weren't things I could entirely grasp. I experienced P&P in a whole new way, reading it this time around. It was funnier, wittier, more romantic. Lydia and Mrs. Bennet got on my nerves far more than they did before, and the social implications of their situations seem to be more understandable to me now than when I f
...more
Austen just really isn’t my thing. I did enjoy this more than Emma but only because I liked the characters more here. I don’t really get a satirical novel about the time as I have heard about this novel. It seems to be straight aligned with the conventions of the time period with only Elizabeth’s confident personality and her father’s snide comments to set this story apart. Austen tires me out as a reader, it feels like work to even understand what she means at times. Probably this is my last Au
...more
A delightful book which I feel I left too long to read! Having now completed it I can say that I am pleasantly surprised at Jane Austen's easy reading style. Her observations are spot on and I shall now go and enjoy Colin Firth's Mr Darcy on DVD!
...more
Dec 15, 2007
Katy Kennedy
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
fiction,
the-classics
Apr 12, 2008
Vicki
marked it as to-read
Jul 02, 2008
Ali
added it
Jul 29, 2010
Amy
marked it as to-read
