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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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Apr 19, 2009 Samantha wickedshizuku Tolleson rated it it was amazing

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I had so many of these moments due to Mr. Bennet while reading this book. Austin was a woman of her her time; I can tell you.

The characters include: the Bennet family, Mr. Darcy, Mr. & Ms. Bingly, and a few secondary characters whom center their lives around gossip and scandal. With the Bennets is a father, his wife, and their five daughters. Now all that estrogen has to do something in has to do something to a man's mind. During this era women didn't inherent property or real estate unless ...more

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Nov 25, 2011 Sherri Rudnick rated it liked it · review of another edition

Revisiting this book again this time on the audio book through libriVox. So far I still find it hard to understand. I want to relisten to it and then I have a bunch of copies of the movie to watch through both Netflix and in my personal dvd collection. 11/20/14

I didn't find this one as enjoyable a read as some of my other favorite classics. It was difficult jumping between the cliff note interpretations and the actual story. I'm currently watching a few versions of the movies to see how they com ...more

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Jul 12, 2009 Philippa rated it it was amazing

A true classic with one of the world's greatest heroines. The use of language is beautiful and just draws you into a world long gone. ...more

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Feb 11, 2011 Michelle Krems rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I enjoyed the story, thoguh I did have some trouble with the old languege used throughout. Took me a bit longer to read than most books that length, but all in all, enjoyed it.

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