Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Reviews

"Pride",observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, "is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency ...  Read the complete review

I have recently taken an interest in reading the classics and expanding my vocabulary, and this book does the trick perfectly. It is a thrilling and invigorating novel and the passion and extensiveness of the literature is definitely worth a read. Jane Austen is a novelist with a very narrow focus that extends over a number of concerns. ...  Read the complete review

As the title says this is my favorite of all Jane Austen's books, I feel the characters are really well developed. Mr Collins is wonderfully odious and you do wonder how anyone could ever cope being married to him. Lizzy has a lovey fesity nature and you can't help but cheer her on. As for Mrs Bennett well she is just funny, you can ...  Read the complete review

Jane Austen books are great because they give you an insight into 18th century life, whilst also being still extremely relevant and ridiculously readable. Pride and Prejudice is a great love story, it's also wonderfully witty and very insightful into the human condition. So often you come across a witty line and think, ...  Read the complete review

It is indeed a truth universally acknowledged...so commences the first line of the book as famous as it is true?.. do i detect some sniggers in the background?.. is it a mans predisposition to be proud and arrogant and a woman's to be indifferent and prejudice? If these statements are no longer true, (?) then it certainly appeared to be ...  Read the complete review

I was 12 years old the first time I read Pride and Prejudice. My parents had gotten me an abridged kids version for Christmas, and when I discovered I hadn't been reading 'the real' version I rushed to the book store and bought my first copy of this great classic. Many years and readings later this book is still one of my absolute ...  Read the complete review

''You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."--- Darcy speaks of his true feelings for Elizabeth. My favourite part of the whole novel! I'm ashamed to say that even though Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is one of the most well-known and highly respected pieces of literature, I had only heard of ...  Read the complete review

I tend to forget that, although the BBC's production is one of the finest adaptions of a book I have ever seen, nothing is comparable to discovering (and rediscovering!) Jane Austen's classic exactly as it was written. And it was written superbly! Austen's characters have a realism about them which has not diminished in the 199 years ...  Read the complete review

Jane Austen must be credited with creating the rom com/chick flick format. The boy meets girl, girl hates boy, girl decides she loves boy has been used thousands of times over. And here it is in it's first outing. And it's still the best. The charater of Elizabeth Bennett has been an icon for women for hundreds of years. The ...  Read the complete review

Synopsis: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" - perhaps some of the most poignant and well-known words in English Literature history. Following the story of Elizabeth Bennet as she experiences a certain Fitzwilliam Darcy, Pride and ...  Read the complete review

Set in 19th Century England, Pride and Prejudice follows the fortunes of the Bennett family as the five daughters try to find a husband. Jane, the eldest daughter is sweet-tempered and determined to see the good in everyone, even when they are responsible for her own heart-break. Elizabeth, the second daughter is a ...  Read the complete review

Jane Austen is an author who many people love or hate. Her detractors will say she is dull and formulaic, her fans will say she wrote beautifully. Personally, I'm somewhere in the middle. Pride and Prejudice is perhaps her best known novel. Set in Hertfordshire, it is about the Bennet family, Mr & Mrs Bennet and their ...  Read the complete review

It's the last of my Jane Austen reviews, and I've saved my favourite of her novels for this. Yes, it might be clichéd but I like Pride and Prejudice the best - it's no accident that it's Austen's most popular novel. Pride and Prejudice was published in 1813, after Sense and Sensibility but before Mansfield Park. It was ...  Read the complete review

For as long as I can remember I have always enjoyed the BBC adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. A few years ago I decided that it would be worth reading the book to see if it was as enjoyable as the TV series. Asides from Jane Eyre (which I had found pretty hard to read) I had never really read a classic novel, so was pretty unsure ...  Read the complete review

Pride and Prejudice is what made me become a big fan of Jane Austen, although if I'm being entirely honest I only read the book after I saw the BBC adaptation of it. Before I'd read it I had not been too keen on classics, and what helped me understand it more was watching the programme before I read the book, so to any of you who are not ...  Read the complete review

'Cool-headed Elizabeth is the only daughter of the five Bennet girls not thrown into fluttering excitement by the arrival of two young men in the country. BUt despite what she may claim, her heart does not remain so calm when she meets the aloof and eligible Mr Darcy' *Synopsis taken from Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' ...  Read the complete review

An excellent book, a novel about people irrationality and naivety - as well as slips of the tongues and, of course, Pride and Prejudice. The story mainly focuses on the life of a Miss Elizabeth Bennet, a young woman from the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, and her quest to marry for love, and whether that can be ...  Read the complete review

Pride and Prejudice is a classic, a beautifully told love story which has left many women hopelessly infatuated with the charming and rich Mr. Darcy. This book is Jane Austen's most famous work and is a wonderfully constructed narrative. It tells of a middle class family with five daughters reaching maturity under the ...  Read the complete review

It is difficult to approach the writing of a review for Pride and Prejudice as it is such a well loved book- I would not be at all surprised if it was the most popular novel of all time. I will try and give a bit of background, as well as some of my own feelings on the book. I won't give much idea of the plot, so that I don't spoil it ...  Read the complete review

One of the most famous Jane Austen books, Pride and Prejudice follows the Bennet family as the five female children move into maturity and strive for marriage. Mrs Bennet, the mother, is constantly preoccupied with getting her girls married and represents the common goals of the period. Jane, Elizabeth, Lydia, Mary and Kitty ...  Read the complete review