Immortal Literature: Pride and Prejudice (Paperback)

from TheDivineOomba

I finally got around to reading this book - I tried reading it a few times, but couldn't get past the language. Then I saw the BBC production, finally figured out what was going on, and reread the book. I had a greater grasp of what was happening. This book is much better than the BBC version, an...

from itheodore

When I first read this classic in high school English class, I had little idea of how much it would come to mean for me over time. I began to style my own writing like Jane Austen's, particularly during a period when I wrote long handwritten letters to my friends (a practice which unfortunately d...

from LisaMaria_C

This was one of my favorite books well before the miniseries and film made that trendy. Maybe too trendy. It used to be my rather smug secret that a classic of the kind assigned in school was actually so fun--such a winning blend of romance and humor. And God, the awful professionally published f...

from kslade

Really fun book. I thought it would be boring when I first read it, but I got into it. This date listed here is for the second time I read it. This book could be read all the time and still be good.

from kwskultety

Once you settle into Austen's odd style of writing and get to know the characters, this is a really good book. I enjoyed the dialogue from Mr Bennet the best, as he is quite sarcastic and arch, and only if you are paying close attention will you see that. Mr Collins was a character I loved to hat...