On this great tome's bicentennialLet's explore its themes - perennial.Romance thwarted, then regainedManners shocking entertained.Women's duties and their "rights"Single ladies scandal blights.First impressions make poor judgesLittle served by holding grudges.What a book! A splendid taleWith such co...
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 fanf...
I feel a deep affection for this book, the first of Austen's that I read, and its characters are inhabited for me by the vibrant acting in the 6 part BBC adaptation that my family watched religiously, so worthy of Austen's wit and animated storytelling. This book is so quotable and so quoted, I do...
Mark Twain can try to beat Ms. Austen about the head all he likes. I'll be there deflecting all the blows! I honestly never thought I'd be saying that but it's true. I had a huge aversion to Gothic and period piece romances and Jane Eyre only reinforced it. Northanger Abbey helped me dabble my toes ...
Period drama is really not my thing at all, and this is full of the things that I don't like about it. I skimmed quite a lot of the chapters because I grew tired of waiting for something to happen. I think I've been spoiled by reading too much crime, horror and fast-paced romance. I just found this ...
How can you not love a book that praises a woman for the "liveliness of her mind"? I have read this book continuously since first being assigned it in high school. The language is hard for the average reader, but it is well worth the trip to a dictionary! This is an entrancing, and sweet love sto...
There's really nothing to say on this book that hasn't been said. Jane Austen is the queen of telling and not showing, so I shouldn't like this book so much. But I read it at work and couldn't keep my grinning like a like a little school girl between every interaction that Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth ha...
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