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daisyvb 's review for:
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
funny
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wish I could experience reading this for the first time, with no knowledge or context or expectation, sitting in my drawing room or parlour or garden, in 1813. Then I want to come back to this time and resume my normal life that goes without saying. But I can only imagine the exhilarating reading experience this must have been when you had no idea what was coming and the alternative entertainment was psalm reading or something. The first confession, Wickham, Wickham Again, the realisation, the second confession, BingleyxJane, all of it! I would have been ruined for the rest of the season! I don't understand when people criticise the 2005 film's confident portrayal of Lizzie, because whilst the literary She is a tiny tiny bit more reserved in that she thinks more than she says, she also says aloud many sarcastic and biting observation, and usually imparts a lot of her feelings to the subject. There were a few comments in regards to Lydia especially that had me a little shocked! That's sibling behaviour. Anyway Mr Darcy, what a guy; the aunt and uncle really came in clutch here (are they the Gardiner's or are these a different family who are also useful in the book but omitted from the film?); all the parent's need to step up and step back in equal measure they are embarrassing and not very good; and I need Wickham sent to Australia, although honestly he'd just run amok there so perhaps just put him on a rowboat and set him adrift in the ocean, as long as he's out of our way I'm happy. This book really does set the standard for this type of romance, and pioneered far more than people really understand; of course you get some clunky chapters, impenetrable dialogue, ancient opinions and odd turns of phrase/ways of living, but it was the 1800s, and I'm not reading Pucked and Prejudice for a reason.