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vincentli's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
hrobison11's review against another edition
5.0
My re-read of this took an interesting twist as I finished about 3/4 of it and then put it down for a year! I finished the last 100 pages in one fell swoop and I will continue to love this book forever.
As a classic it is still one of my absolute favorites. I will always recommend this to anyone interested in a classic read.
Lizzie and Darcy will forever be one of my favorite couples.
As a classic it is still one of my absolute favorites. I will always recommend this to anyone interested in a classic read.
Lizzie and Darcy will forever be one of my favorite couples.
sneckabecka's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
iamxandra's review against another edition
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
forstviking's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
aislingnuttall7's review against another edition
5.0
Background notes below:
- Pride and prejudice challenges the role of women in society with her strong, leading female role (just her not her sisters) at the centre of her novel.
- Moralist - in pride and prejudice, rather than feeling it is impolite to discuss money, Austen writes about it because how we handle money has a massive impact on our lives (realism).
- This novel questioned how land ownership and inheritance came about.
- Money is essential to live but should not fully sway our judgement.
- More people were literate in her time than ever before.
- We can see in her writing how she wants the world to be a certain way.
- Wanted people to be less selfish, more reasonable and dignified.
- Not much living space to write.
- Lived through the napoleonic wars.
- Never married.
- 6 novels.
- Darcy and Elizabeth are right for each other as each can educate and improve the other e.g. she condemns his arrogance and pride to his face.
- Suit each other because by her ease and liveliness, his mind might have been softened.
- From his knowledge, judgment and world experience she must have received benefit of greater importance.
- Austen is saying that the right person has got to help us overcome our failings, not just like us for who we already are.
- Pride and Prejudice = marriage depends on maturity and education.
- The novel was her chosen weapon in her struggle to reform humanity.
- Pride and Prejudice initially called first impressions: Austen explores how we often base our thoughts, feelings and opinions on people based on our FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
- Gaining a release from the societal imprisonment that keeps us in our own opinions, thinking that we are always right.
- Pride and Prejudice = coming to an enlightenment, seeing the world more objectively.
- They are both too proud and have too much prejudice.
- Elizabeth = free spirit, thinking outside the box, more daring and adventurous than her sisters.
- Both developing new modes of language.
- Prejudice is the opposite of pride, but they are both selfish and limit the potential for human vision.
- Pride and prejudice challenges the role of women in society with her strong, leading female role (just her not her sisters) at the centre of her novel.
- Moralist - in pride and prejudice, rather than feeling it is impolite to discuss money, Austen writes about it because how we handle money has a massive impact on our lives (realism).
- This novel questioned how land ownership and inheritance came about.
- Money is essential to live but should not fully sway our judgement.
- More people were literate in her time than ever before.
- We can see in her writing how she wants the world to be a certain way.
- Wanted people to be less selfish, more reasonable and dignified.
- Not much living space to write.
- Lived through the napoleonic wars.
- Never married.
- 6 novels.
- Darcy and Elizabeth are right for each other as each can educate and improve the other e.g. she condemns his arrogance and pride to his face.
- Suit each other because by her ease and liveliness, his mind might have been softened.
- From his knowledge, judgment and world experience she must have received benefit of greater importance.
- Austen is saying that the right person has got to help us overcome our failings, not just like us for who we already are.
- Pride and Prejudice = marriage depends on maturity and education.
- The novel was her chosen weapon in her struggle to reform humanity.
- Pride and Prejudice initially called first impressions: Austen explores how we often base our thoughts, feelings and opinions on people based on our FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
- Gaining a release from the societal imprisonment that keeps us in our own opinions, thinking that we are always right.
- Pride and Prejudice = coming to an enlightenment, seeing the world more objectively.
- They are both too proud and have too much prejudice.
- Elizabeth = free spirit, thinking outside the box, more daring and adventurous than her sisters.
- Both developing new modes of language.
- Prejudice is the opposite of pride, but they are both selfish and limit the potential for human vision.
greta_the_great's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
shelbythebelby's review against another edition
2.0
1.5 ⭐ I first read this book in high school and did not like it, but I wanted to revisit because I didn't exactly have stellar taste as a teen and wanted to see if I would like it better after 10+ years. And I did not. I can see hints of humor and fun in the story but it is bogged down by solid blocks of text a page long with no breaks, most of which are just dialogue. My eyes glazed over so many times while reading this and I couldn't even manage to get half way through before I gave up. There just want enough there to keep me engaged and wanting to read when it was just going on and on and on about someone saying something to prove a point that I couldn't manage to figure out because they had ten sentences of dialogue and most of it was worthless to what they were saying.
steflovesbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75