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Pride and Prejudice (1813)

by Jane Austen

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    Emma by Jane Austen (CeciP)
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    The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (carlym)
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    The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (humouress)
    humouress: For those who love Pride and Prejudice, and want to know more about the context it was written in, the annotated version adds depth to Jane Austen's work.
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    Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (Shuffy2)
    Shuffy2: Beatrice and Benedick & Lizzie and Darcy- there are some similarties! This is my favorite of Shakespeare's comedies! Two characters who love to spar with words, 2 couples who love each other, and a bad guy! Perfect mix...
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    Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (nu-bibliophile)
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    Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell (amanaceerdh)
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    North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (BookishRuth, Shuffy2)
    Shuffy2: Mr. Darcy and Mr. Thornton are both of the same cloth, a love story you can really sink into!
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    Persuasion by Jane Austen (sturlington)
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    Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (chrisharpe)
    chrisharpe: Both novels offer a similar sort of wry look at the foibles of the English classes in the 18th / 19th centuries. Both are so carefully observed and deliciously written that they remain classics.
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    Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Bonzer)
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    The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (SandSing7)
    SandSing7: Wharton is as American as Austen is British. Read both works for a comparitive "across the pond" view on the novel of manners.
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    Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (amanaceerdh)
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    I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (Hollerama)
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    Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym (lilithcat)
    lilithcat: Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara Pym's first book, but I would really recommend any of her works to admirers of Jane Austen. She has the same sensibility, the same grasp of the English social order and the English village, and populates her books with very similar people. But, more important, she has the same sense of humor, and the same marvelous touch with comedies of manners.… (more)
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    Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith (Jen7waters)
    Jen7waters: Although one is fantasy and the other isn't, Meliara has with Vidanric, the same problem Lizzy has with Darcy: prejudice. She keeps wanting to bite his head off when all he does is help her. Love them all!
  16. 63
    Excellent Women by Barbara Pym (carlym, amanaceerdh)
  17. 42
    Belinda by Maria Edgeworth (CatyM)
  18. 20
    Helen by Maria Edgeworth (MissBrangwen)
  19. 43
    Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield (lydiabarr)
    lydiabarr: Austen and Delafield are often compared...both have shrewdly observational sense of humor and an elaborately deadpan style. I love them both.
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    Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope (wisewoman)
    wisewoman: Trollope has an Austenesque eye for his characters' motivations and inconsistencies, and his Mary Thorne and Austen's Elizabeth Bennett have much in common. Both are persecuted on the basis of low birth and lack of wealth by an older female relative of their love interest. Both novels are thoroughly enjoyable!… (more)

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Simply the best. ( )
  Mortybanks | May 20, 2013 |
Great girl meets boy read. I recommend to anyone over my age (12)! It's brilliant and I think it truly shows how amazing Jane Austen really is! ( )
  wali5905 | May 16, 2013 |
BEST BOOK EVER! REread for 100th time. ( )
  CyndiGoodgame | May 14, 2013 |
I had never read this when I was younger, and I know I would have enjoyed it more then. This is a slow-paced dance of a story, with the Bennet girls looking for husbands. It is a very mannered society, with strict rules, and there is a rhythm to the story that is almost hypnotic.

What bothers me about this genre is something that I never would have even considered earlier in my life. These are teenaged girls angling for husbands who are, in general, quite a bit older than they are. That bothers me now, because it is the assumed norm. The place of women in this society is constricted and restricted, with but one goal on each girl's mind - to make a good marriage. Not a place I want to live. ( )
1 vote EowynA | May 13, 2013 |
It teaches/shows your life lessons of love and forgiveness. It also shows how to admit when you’re wrong and to forgive someone if they were. I selected this book because I am a huge Jane Austen fan. I also loved the movie and I was interested in comparing it to the book.
  edspicer | May 5, 2013 |
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I "would rather have written Pride and Prejudice, or Tom Jones, than any of the Waverley Novels"
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Jane Austenprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Alfsen, MereteTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Chapman, R. W.Editorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Drabble, MargaretIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fox, EmiliaNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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James, EloisaAfterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.
Do not be afraid of my running into any excess, of my encroaching on your privilege of universal good will. You need not. There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense.
"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
"I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!"
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Pride and prejudice is a book full of passion, romance, sisterhood, and propriety. Mrs. Bennet, the mother of four girls, has one mission in life and that is to see them all married and as soon as possible! The eldest sister, Jane is sweet-tempered and wise, while the two youngest sisters are silly and ignorant. When reading this book, however, most people find themselves in the shoes of the second oldest daughter, Elizabeth. Readers are originally dismayed at the attitude and composure of the pompous Mr. Darcy and then slowly fall in love with his charming, gentlemen-like, enticing character. I really enjoyed this classic book because it draws the reader in and allows the reader to become attached to the characters in the novel. It is full of undeniable romance that includes suspense which has allowed this novel to remain a classic for many generations.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0553213105, Mass Market Paperback)

Elizabeth Bennet is the perfect Austen heroine: intelligent, generous, sensible, incapable of jealousy or any other major sin. That makes her sound like an insufferable goody-goody, but the truth is she's a completely hip character, who if provoked is not above skewering her antagonist with a piece of her exceptionally sharp -- but always polite -- 18th century wit. The point is, you spend the whole book absolutely fixated on the critical question: will Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy hook up?

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Mr and Mrs Bennet live with their five daughters at Longbourn in Hertfordshire. Jane, the eldest, falls in love with Charles Bingley, a rich bachelor who takes a house nearby with his two sisters and friend Fitzwilliam Darcy. Darcy is attracted to the second daughter, Elizabeth.… (more)

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