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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Start date: May 1, 2011

Finish date: July 1, 2011

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Why we're reading this: We will be reading Pride and Prejudice along with Emma across May and June.
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Jul 04, 2011 Cary rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a reader would find that books worth reading are worth reading twice and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is definitely one of them.

Pride and Prejudice is actually the first classic book I've ever read from cover to cover. Since I'm not used to reading classics during that time, it took me ages before I get the hang of the story and eventually finish it. Nevertheless, I was able to appreciate the story and it instantly became my favorite. Well ...more

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Jul 05, 2011 Veljko rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I loved this book. Nothing happens, but it the most delightful - and humorous - way.

The passages I highlighted, exported from my Kindle:

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficien ...more

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