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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Start date: September 16, 2016

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Jul 05, 2009 Lindsey Z rated it really liked it

Reading this book again reminded me why I loved it in high school. Though the beginning is a bit slow, as it´s hard to keep straight all of the sisters and characters, the plot between Elizabeth and Darcy is nothing short of addictive and as much as a romance can be, suspenseful. Though Austen satirizes English mannerisms of her time, there is a sense of realism in the raw and unexplainable emotions of Elizabeth after her various encounters with Darcy and other characters. I also love the method ...more

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Aug 14, 2010 Bogdan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This is definitively one of my favorite novel ever and I still consider it to be one the best ever written. Although I read it also during high-school it was not boring. It is one of those books that you could read it several times and still find new things every time. For me, at this second reading, it was striking how much humor and wit it has in the first half of the novel. It is something that perhaps I did not noticed enough and I enjoyed it very much.
My copy of this book is in Romanian.

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