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How do I understand the language in Pride and Prejudice? I'm 13 and we haven't studied it in school but I would like to read it for fun but I can't understand even the first page! Can someone please help me out!
adriana I was 10 (almost turning 11), when I first started Pride and Prejudice, and it was a bit difficult to understand and comprehend completely. I printed …moreI was 10 (almost turning 11), when I first started Pride and Prejudice, and it was a bit difficult to understand and comprehend completely. I printed an online glossary of the words (from https://www.cliffsnotes.com) and an ordinary dictionary, and they helped, so I recommend it. The writing in many Jane Austen books is just like this, but it is a very prettyish and lovely way of writing (I may be prejudiced, because I don't like any novels that are not classics).
Over time, I got used to it, and it is a such a beautiful book, so please read it.
if you do not want to, however, you can read something similar, like Northanger Abbey(less)
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