Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen > Reviews

Advantages: Wonderful character development, a story which urges you on till the very end
Disadvantages: Quite long, complicated language for some

...I relished every word of Pride and Prejudice the second time round, and would recommend it to anyone who likes a good "humdinger" (as my English teacher used to say) of a love story, with no naff sex scenes or nasty infidelity or uncomfortable revenge. Just normal people like you and me getting over the hurdles of 18th century society to get their man or woman and live in comfortable £10,000 a year aristocratic comfort with the partner of their dreams. ... Read review

Advantages: Romance, humour, friendship this book has it all
Disadvantages: You end up yelling you know you love him really! Get on with it!

...I have seen. Published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice is probably jane Austen's best known work, and for good reason.It is based on the life of Austen's favourite heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, a girl with razor sharp wit and very strong opinions, who is liked by friends and relatives, the sort of girl we want to be. The book follows her life at Longbourne with her sisters Jane, Mary, Kitty and Lydia. Whilst Kitty and Lydia, the youngest two, search ... Read review

Advantages: the delightful mr darcy, jane austen is the author, need i say more?
Disadvantages: none

...How wrong this opinion is. Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austen in 1813 and is by far her most popular novel. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy (the 2 main characters of the book), she thinks him arrogant and conceited, while he struggles to remain indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and ... Read review

Advantages: Funny, astute rendering of daily life and social mores in pre-Industrial England
Disadvantages: None, except for the inept way it's taught in school

When I was small, my mother used to read to me every night before bed. At first it was “The Wind in the Willows” and Dr. Seuss and Pooh and other works of that ilk. But as soon as I was old enough to lie still and listen, she switched to the classics. We worked our disjointed way through “David Copperfield” and “Pickwick Papers” - Mom seemed to be fascinated by Dickens - and “The Romance of King Arthur” and “Pride and Prejudice.” I have to confess ... Read review

Advantages: Novel: literature at it's best. Series: Colin Firth, wet
Disadvantages: Nothing

When you think about the novelist Jane Austen (as you do), what first springs to mind? for me it is most definately 'Pride and Prejudice', a novel which i have learned to love, yet once loathed. At school, it was thrust upon me; it was such a fat book, how was i ever going to read it all?? the mound of essays to be done on it didn't help either, 15 year old girls just aren't interested in the types of abstract nouns used in the first chapter of the ... Read review

Advantages: funny plot
Disadvantages: goes on to much... more your average fast pace reader... this a comical romance!!

...I'm starting with the book Pride and Prejucdice as I'm studying this for my eng literature exam and I really want experience on reviewing it well. In advance, sorry for any misunderstanding, heavily dosed on benedryl.... abit unwell! The story consists of a young lady, Elizabeth Bennet, who has a varied and rather wild family. First there is her father, Mr Bennet, who constantly teases her mother and is not known to be a family man, tucked ... Read review

Advantages: Strong characters and themes throughout
Disadvantages: none that come to mind

...not overly enthusistic about reading Pride and Prejudice is no overstatement! However, I did not let this prejudice deter me! I was glad to be proved wrong. From the onset, Pride and Prejudice provides us with an interesting array of characters, themes (overt and underlying ones) and situations which keep us completely hooked from beginning to end. I had the good fortune to read the novel before the BBC adaptation. Although the BBC version ... Read review

Advantages: great storytelling
Disadvantages: long, and quite difficult to read

...in the long run, and Pride and Prejudice is a fine example of this. Beneath the witty repartee and sociable bickering between Elizabeth and Darcy (now forever inseparable in my mind from Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth in the BBC production), we witness the subtle evolution of two young people instructing each other in the fair judgment of character. Overlaying this most prominent level of the narrative is Austen's cutting commentary on what remains ... Read review

Advantages: a classic romance, seaping with dramatic irony and tension, which can be read over and over again.
Disadvantages: although it worth the difficulty, the language used can at times be quite trying.

...equation of sexual tension, arrogance, pride and yes, sorry to be cliche, even prejudice produces a novel, fully deserving of it current title as one of the classics of english literature. i have since read more austen novels, (i'm now a fully fledged austen slut) i have not enjoyed them as thoroughly as i Pride and Prejudice. i hope you enjoy it, and develop a penchant for Darcy, as i most definitely have! ... Read review

Advantages: Warm, amusing, ironic, didactic, romantic novel
Disadvantages: Appeals more to the feminine reader.

Austen is the quintessential authoress of the romantic period. She blends direct speech with free indirect speech and the narrative voice: to produce a charming, realistic novel. She potrays the feelings, fears and fantasies of the adolesent female in the early nineteenth century. Austen uses Irony to its fullest effect, producing some witty to comical scenarios. The reader will find themselves smiling often, even laughing on occassions. The ... Read review

Advantages: It is a read the you will never forget
Disadvantages: You have to try and get used the language she uses

It was an amazing read taking you through various emotions in which you get caught up in the romance and fall in love with the characaters. Every emotion is described beautifully by Jane Austen and the continuous darama and unexpected twists keeps you moving forward. from the very first line you are captivated by what it to come next. It is the perfect book to curl up with. The way that Jane Austen interwove verious stroylines through the book and ... Read review

Advantages: inspiring, humorous
Disadvantages: none

Pride and prejudice undoutedly is the most famous love story in enlish literature Because it points out the most fundamental function of courtship(or even all relationships), that is to find someone to complete ourselves, to become the ideal self through learning from out partners. Darcy and Lizzy are the two protagnists of this novel, before they meet each other, each of them has his weaknesses yet they do not realize by themselves. Basically, ... Read review