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Jane Austen

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Feb 24, 2018 Scott Flicker rated it it was amazing

I listened to two different audiobooks of this novel. The first was an abridged dramatic version from BBC. I also listen an unabridged version from librivox. The abridged version left too much out. The unabridged version was a bit hard to understand at first but turned out to be really good.

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Mar 12, 2007 superawesomekt rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: british-literature

Wow -- I remember being kind of bored by this book when I first read it (perhaps at 14 or 15). What a difference this time! I'm not surprised I didn't care for it before (I hadn't cared for Persuasion either), I think Emma was a 'prime favourite' at the time. The delicate character of Fanny Price is one that today's society does not appreciate, although I do think that many readers who have qualities in common with the heroine probably appreciated her sooner than I did.

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Oct 19, 2012 Jen rated it liked it

Shelves: classic-fiction, british-literature

I love Jane Austen and it actually almost pains me to give a Jane Austen book only 3 stars but I think of all her wonderful novels, this one is the hardest to like. Fanny Price is just not that lovable and therefore it is hard to always root for her. Also the best parts of her other books, the slow build up and sexual tensions before the happy ending is almost wholly missing from this one. It does, however, have a good amount of social commentary. Worth reading, especially if you love Austen, bu ...more

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Jan 14, 2012 Anie rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, fiction, own, 2012, female-author, female-protagonist

This is, in many ways, both preachier and more depressing than other Austen novels. At times, I found myself a bit repulsed by Austen's conservatism---but then, this is what it's like to be two centuries removed from the author. Overall, I found the novel diverting and relaxing, and I would sometimes put it down to go to bed and not be able to fall asleep because I wondered what would happen next in the novel. As usual, Austen is definitely an astute observer of the human condition. A very pleas ...more

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