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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more.

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Pride and Prejudice is a story about the Bennet family, especially the second oldest daughter, Elizabeth Bennet. The Bennet family has five daughters, and their mother is very worried about finding good husbands for all of them. When a rich young man named Mr. Bingley moves into the neighborhood, everyone is excited because he might be a good match for one of the Bennet girls. Mr. Bingley quickly likes Jane, the oldest Bennet sister, but his friend Mr. Darcy seems very proud and not very nice at first. Elizabeth, or Lizzy as her family calls her, is the main character. She’s smart, independent, and doesn’t want to marry just because she’s supposed to. She wants to marry someone she truly loves and respects. At first, she doesn’t like Mr. Darcy at all because he seems rude and looks down on people who are not as rich as him. But as the story goes on, Elizabeth learns that Mr. Darcy is actually a good and kind person, and that she was too quick to judge him. One of my favorite parts of the book is seeing how Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy change. Elizabeth realizes that she was wrong about Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Darcy learns to be less proud and more caring about other people’s feelings. By the end of the book, they both understand each other better and fall in love, even though they didn’t like each other at first. My favorite character is Elizabeth Bennet because she’s strong, clever, and doesn’t let anyone tell her what to do. She stands up for herself and her family, and she cares more about what a person is really like than about how wealthy they are or how they look. I also like how she’s funny and has a good sense of humor, even when things are tough. I really enjoyed reading Pride and Prejudice because it’s about love, but it’s also about learning to see past first impressions and not judging people too quickly. The story has a lot of interesting characters, and it’s fun to see how their relationships change and grow. Even though the book was written a long time ago, the things the characters go through, like family pressures and finding true love, are still important today. I am very grateful that there isn't the pressure or need to get married like there was back in the day. I would definitely recommend Pride and Prejudice to my friends, especially if they like stories about romance and strong characters. It’s a great book that shows how important it is to be kind, honest, and open-minded, and I think a lot of people would enjoy reading it.

It was ok

An enjoyable read,

Ground-breaking for its time

Boring

I really enjoy reading this book.And my favourite character is Elizabeth Bennet because she is wise and lively. It would totally recommend this to everyone who is interested in classic novels!

This was a nice fiction book and I enjoyed reading the ending as there was a sort of twist but then it was solved.

It was fine

Hooked from the first page

good

It was very interesting as it displayed how you can't judge how someone behaves/acts by just looking at them. However, having said this, I would not recommend this book to anyone because of how there is not anything else but marriage being mentioned which I found quite boring.If this book was based on something else rather than marriage, it could have been amazing.

When the lady complained to her husband that their daughter won't marry Mr Collins.I would recommend this book to someone else.

I couldn't read it, it wasn't interesting or clear for me. I don't recommend this book.

It was very difficult with lots of wordy language

The kindle version I read wasn’t very well published and didn’t have all the right numbering on chapters

I have to say, for a book so widely revered I expected I would fall in love with this novel and its characters quicker than I was able to. However, once I was really into the plotlines (of a story that I was already fairly familiar with as an English graduate) I was addicted to readiung all about Lizzie and her escapades. Austen wrote with such wit and, although I prefer her Gothic novel 'Northanger Abbey', I will recommend this book to my students and friends; it's just quite the undertaking!

I didn't like this book very much, it was still really good, but I found it was a bit boring.

I would recommend this to anyone who likes romances or books from the classic genre. Or any work of Jane Austin’s

It’s one of my favourite novels. During lockdown, I read the novel at least three to four times in the year of 2020 and I also watched the film and tv series that is based on it. I’m a big fan of romance novels, especially when the two main protagonists go from enemies to lovers, which is exactly what Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet did.

This book was amazing. I love classic styles like Jane Austen. I would recommend it to ANYONE!!

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