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Shana
Feb 08, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
I'm reading this for Brit. Lit. II, after reading it a long, long time ago in high school.  Now I remember why I HATE this book!  Ok, given that it is a classic.  Given that Jane Austen actually writes well, and that she wrote at all (much less well) and was published during her own time period is a fete accomplis in itself. I hate gossip.I hate "who lives where got married to who makes THIS much money and has all the best manners/clothes/hairstyles".Hence I am doomed to hate, by their very nat ...more
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Joanna
Feb 20, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audiobooks, 2013-read, rws-2013-spring
Well, Josephine Bailey (the narrator for the audiobook version of this I just listened to) is no Colin Firth (the actor who performed so beautifully in a movie version of this and also who read an audiobook I recently listened to). Ms. Bailey's reading is okay, though occasionally a bit overdone for the voices of Mrs. Bennett and Lydia.

I really enjoyed revisiting this book, which I read once more than fifteen years ago. I had forgotten how much of a page turner it is. Austen does a nice job of ...more
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Erin (NY)
Aug 17, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favorites, books-i-own, read-in-2010, audio
I read this book for the first time in Russian, about 13 years ago, so it has been due for a re-read for a long time!

It was just as awesome as I remembered! I love Elizabeth's character. I think when I read it the first time around I liked Jane a lot more, but Elizabeth has so much more depth to her!

I also love Jane Austen's humor! This book is amazing! I am so happy to have read it again! ...more
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Jayme Pendergraft
Mar 11, 2008 rated it did not like it
Shelves: 1001
I just try and try and I can't like Jane Austen.... ...more
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ColleenPA
May 10, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: dontdiebeforereading
Just one of the best romances -- ever.
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Esceilenn
Oct 13, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 1001-old-list, 1001-new-list
Ruth
Nov 01, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: classics
Miriam
Feb 03, 2008 rated it really liked it
Jane
Mar 07, 2008 rated it really liked it
Ali
Jul 02, 2008 added it
Sharon
Dec 02, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Julia
Jun 06, 2009 marked it as unread
Shelves: own, classic
Celeste
Jul 06, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: nook
Joanna
Feb 19, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1001
Anika
Apr 12, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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Lisa
Jan 17, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Lisa
Feb 26, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Ashlee
May 29, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: own-it
Ryan Bassette
Jun 22, 2011 rated it liked it
Nanci Svensson
May 04, 2012 rated it liked it
Rachel N.
Nov 19, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Cheri
Jan 07, 2013 marked it as to-read
LeslieVA
May 13, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Claire Jefferies
Feb 09, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: own-it, faves-of-2015
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