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This book is a bit different, with the characters showing more wit than Austin usually provides.I recently read the "Zombie" format of this work and found it absolutely laugh-out-loud funny. A very loooooong time ago I was a Honors English student in college; we read the classics voraciously. If you like this book, by all means pick up the P,P & Z edition and prepare to be charmed all over again.Best,Vienna Can't wait to see the movie. While Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" is one of my all-time favorites, I always dreaded reading Jane Austin. She can be very bland, dry, and boring.
I think that my expectations were too high, I was expecting something like Jane Eyre, which I loved. It felt like a fluffy romance novel, which I do not in general care for.
Maybe if it had been called 'Pretty Girls Out Husband Hunting' or 'Lydia Lands In a Jam' or something equally silly I would have known what I was in for.Maybe this wasn't the best first Jane Austen novel to read. I love a good love story, part of why I loved Jane Eyre.
Nice For Some Maybe Even Most, But Sadly Not My Cup of TeaTo those of you who adore Jane Austen please try not to take it personally that I did not love this book, it is not an insult to you OR her.I have traditionally avoided the classics but made a recent resolution to try some. Perhaps if I had known what I was getting before I started I would have been less disappointed.
I'm not sure if I will be reading another.Okay, I know that 655 of you loved this and many of you will have to give me a negative vote because we don't agree.So, let the negative votes begin *winces*. I made a list of a dozen or so and have had mixed results so far.
Unfortunately I found 'Pride and Prejudice' a little too frivolous for my tastes.
Terrific love story, literature at its finest. But by the second half of the book I couldn't put it down. I am trying to read more classics because I never really paid attention to them in high school. I started reading this one and at first I was having a hard time getting into it, it is a bit slow.
Jane Austen writes with an incredible literary style that is lacking in the works of most contemporary authors. Though I am usually not a fan of novels that are based in reality without any hint of the supernatural I was enthralled by Austen's timeless love story which will leave every female reader pining for the dark and brooding Mr. Before I read this book I saw the 2005 film starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen. She has an eloquence of words that is complex and yet far easier to read than most people seem to think. Darcy. I loved the movie and I was inspired instantly to read Jane Austen's classic novel. Despite the fact that I had already seen the movie and knew the general progression of events I was still captivated by the novel.
I was pleased with the service. I received the book that I ordered promptly and it was in great condition, just as the sellers had promised.
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