Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Reviews

First, a definition - satire: the use of wit to attack the injustice in society. Austen's novel can be categorised in many ways: a family saga, a romance, a satirical effort and a social comedy. The beauty of the text is that it means different things to different readers. Having taught this text to my A Level English ...

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Perhaps one of the most famous opening sentences in English literature, I have to list Pride and Prejudice as one of my all time favourite books. I first read it when I was 14 in a competition with my friend to see who ...

When I think of Great Britain, I imagine greenery, long green grassy fields and large mansions. Jane Austin succeeds is living up to my imagination. I am not a great fan of classics but Pride and Prejudice totally surprised me. It takes us back to the time when it would matter if women were "established" or not. Women would stay home ...

Pride and Prejudice, to me, is one of the best books ever written. I can pick it up every so often and have a read of it over a couple of days and it is like visiting old friends. It tells the story of the Bennet sisters and the attempts of their mother to marry them off to a rich suitor as quickly as possible. The main character, Elizabeth, is ...

I read this book solely because I had it lying around, I admit. I'd somehow attained a free copy through one of the newspapers and had left it to lay gathering dust for the years since. Then, one day, finding myself with no more books left to read, I picked up Pride and Prejudice. I don't recall well what it was to me, but there is no ...

The book has 3 volumes to it with each volume having a different kind of dealing between the two main characters, Lizzie and Mr. Darcy. The first volume has 23 chapters in it. The second and the third volume each have 19 chapters. The book started off quite slowly but then began growing in intensity the further I got in the book. I ...

I have recently studied Pride and Prejudice for a college course. Although I knew a little of the story it wasn't a book which ahd previously interested me. I am so glad it was one of our texts. From start to finish I was addicted. There are some really strong characters, obviously Elizabeth Bennet the heroine of the book springs to mind ...

Pride and Predjudice written by Jane Austen is one of those books which everyone knows about and at some point they get round to reading. Since the film adaptation staring Keira Knightly is out soon, i thought now is a better time than ever. Love, relationships and the role of women in the seventeenth/eigt-teenth century make up the ...

I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time as one of the set texts for my English a-level. My initial impression was along the lines of 'not bad'. Then, because I wanted to get a good grade in the essay and exam question that would inevitably ensue, I read it again. That time through, and each time thereafter, I loved it. I must have read it ...

As a fan of a diverse range of authors such as Stephen King, Jackie Collins, John Grisham, Mario Puzo and Fiona Walker you may be slightly surprised to know that perhaps my favourite novel of all time is a classic. When that classic happens to be Pride and Prejudice I doubt that it's so much of a shock. It is well documented that ...

I love Mr. Darcy. He smolders with passion. He breathes romance. He is tall, dark, handsome, dashing. Who wouldn't love Mr. Darcy? Well, it takes Elizabeth Bennett a while to figure out that she's in love with him, and she even manages to insult Darcy a few times. When it is nearly too late, she discovers that ...

Of all Austen's books this is the best read and the easiest to love. It's funny, sarcastic and in the end, romantic. The story of Lizzie and Darcy's reluctant romance is set against a backdrop of silly firtations, imprudent elopements and serious yet thwarted romances. Austen's preoccupation throughout her work was the ...

...where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will always be under good regulation". As said by Mr Darcy. Set around attitudes in the 19th century Pride and Prejudice depicts the lives of Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley in a small countryside community. ***The story*** At the beginning of the book Mr Darcy is seen ...

ok, where to start with P&P? One of the all-time-favorite novels of generations of readers? Now, to be clear, I loved P&P, it is funny, witty, brilliant, with an intriguing story, classic heroes, a very lovable and charming and funny heroine, hillarious side-characters and a happy ending par exellance. I'm sure you all hear the BUT coming( no ...

Pride and Prejudice is 299 pages long, contained in 61 chapters. I found Pride and Prejudice a bit slow to begin with. It is not until Austen reveals and develops the characters more that I became engrossed in the book. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ ...

It is obvious why ‘Pride and Prejudice’ has gained the title of a classic. Jane Austen’s ever-popular novel is both a comedy and a love-story, and I greatly enjoyed reading it. The Bennet family have five daughter’s and it is essential that they are all ‘married off’ as soon as possible, as was the ...

Pride and Prejudice, or P&P as I call it, is a book laced with subtle humour. You find this when you watch the BBC's 1995 dramatisation starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. P&P is feminist book and it is ironic that it is about marriage yet it's author, Jane Austen, never married. Essentially about Mrs. Bennet's quest to ...

I studied Jane Austen for 'O'-level and 'A'-level English Literature at school, so I actually read 'Pride and Prejudice' long before the famous TV adaptation that suddenly made Jane Austen the 'in' thing of the moment ! People often seem to think of classics as being dull, boring and old-fashioned, but Jane ...

This is a great book that is still relevant even in this day and age. Austen uses her sarcasm and general wit to create a novel full of social commentary and characters that have become part of England's heritage. I studied this book for GCSE at the time that the BBC's wonderful dramatisation came out. I have to say that like every ...

I first read this book at school as part of my GCSE English Literature course...many years ago. At 15 the language can be a bit hard to understand..but the message certainly comes through. Not expecting to enjoy any text you read at school, I was so suprised by Austen....perhaps it was the fact that her recurring themes of matchmaking appealed ...