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Pride and Prejudice is Austen's second,most well know,and my favorite novel.The story starts when a rich young man named Mr. Bingley rents a house in the neighborhood. Mrs.Bennet has five daughters and is hoping that Mr.Bingley will fall in love and marry one of them.Mr.Bingley and her eldest daughter the beautiful sweet Jane seem to strike up an attachment.When Bingley's best friend Mr.Darcy,a proud gentlemen and Mrs.Bennet's second oldest daughter a playful witty girl named Eliazbeth(the main
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One of those books you simply must read, and one that you can read over and over again. Many dread the inevitable task of reading the classics, even bibliophiles. But this is a classic that was put on it's pedestal for a reason. Filled with witty and hilarious one-liners, Austen wrote for women in a way no one else has. Her timeless work is just as applicable to modern women as it was for ladies of the 1700s. She captured the customs of upper class 1700s, a statement that cannot really be said a
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It's a classic for a reason. Immediately putting it on my "to read again" list.
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Dec 24, 2011
Ruth Zerbe
marked it as to-read
