Author: Jane Austen
Pages: 435
Published: 2002 (originally published 1813)
Genre: Classic, Fiction
Challenges: Classics Club, Pride & Prejudice bicentenary Challenge
Edition: Paperback
Source: Personal
Description: When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited, while he struggles to remain 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 than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. (via Goodreads.com)
Thoughts: I quite enjoyed the book and liked how the miniseries incorporated so much of the book into the miniseries. Sure this is my favourite Austen book and yes, I have compared each one to this book, but there is something to be said for Austen sort of rebuking the way husbands were acquired by those in certain classes at that time, of course in her own way. I can't really say what I liked about the book because there was so much that I did like about the book. Its honestly one of those books that there is so much that one likes about the book that you really cannot pinpoint what you liked the most.
Bottom line: Recommended for those that haven't tried her or who have read her other later books, but would like to give her another chance. I would also recommend the book to those that have read her earlier books. And I would also recommend it to those that need a lighter read, but is still considered to be a classic.
Rating: 5/5
Pages for 2013: 3136
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