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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
I enjoyed this book so much more than I thought I would. I've been putting off reading Pride and Prejudice for years, since I watched the TV series, and then the film, as I knew the plot fairly well and thought I would not enjoy it when I knew what would happen. How wrong I was!
At first the plot moves fairly slowly, but after the first fifty pages or so, it does pick up and the characters start to become more familiar. I love how they all develop - Elizabeth and Darcy especially. It's a classic enemies to lovers story, and I really loved seeing it develop on the page. I also loved Mr Bennet's wit, and some of the lines he comes out with really made me chuckle as I was reading. Mrs Bennet and Lydia were as ridiculous as I remembered from the adaptations, and Jane just as lovely.
The writing really is wonderful, and I'm amazed that I managed to read this so quickly. I thought the stuffy writing would hold me back, especially after the first fifty pages moved so slowly for me, but I soon got used to it and enjoyed it quite a lot.
I also liked seeing how things were for people back then, and the situation that Mr and Mrs Bennet found themselves in with having five daughters and no sons - the loss of their estate when Mr Bennet dies to a distant male relative (what they call entailment), and the problems that come with trying to secure a husband for all five daughters before that happened. I could really sympathise with their situation.
All in all, I'm very glad that I read this book. I will certainly be picking up more by this author soon. And if you are doubtful you will like the book - watch the adaptations first to see what you think. If you like the adaptation with Colin Firth as Mr Darcy, I'm sure you will like this book, as all the actors in that adaptation capture the characters and essence of the story quite perfectly.
At first the plot moves fairly slowly, but after the first fifty pages or so, it does pick up and the characters start to become more familiar. I love how they all develop - Elizabeth and Darcy especially. It's a classic enemies to lovers story, and I really loved seeing it develop on the page. I also loved Mr Bennet's wit, and some of the lines he comes out with really made me chuckle as I was reading. Mrs Bennet and Lydia were as ridiculous as I remembered from the adaptations, and Jane just as lovely.
The writing really is wonderful, and I'm amazed that I managed to read this so quickly. I thought the stuffy writing would hold me back, especially after the first fifty pages moved so slowly for me, but I soon got used to it and enjoyed it quite a lot.
I also liked seeing how things were for people back then, and the situation that Mr and Mrs Bennet found themselves in with having five daughters and no sons - the loss of their estate when Mr Bennet dies to a distant male relative (what they call entailment), and the problems that come with trying to secure a husband for all five daughters before that happened. I could really sympathise with their situation.
All in all, I'm very glad that I read this book. I will certainly be picking up more by this author soon. And if you are doubtful you will like the book - watch the adaptations first to see what you think. If you like the adaptation with Colin Firth as Mr Darcy, I'm sure you will like this book, as all the actors in that adaptation capture the characters and essence of the story quite perfectly.