Pride and Prejudice (Puffin in Bloom)
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Jane Austen x Puffin in Bloom with a gorgeous illustrated cover by Anna Bond, the artist behind the renowned lifestyle brand Rifle Paper Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet live with their five daughters. Jane, the eldest daughter, falls in love with Charles Bingley, a rich bachelor who moves into a house nearby with his two sisters and friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy. Darcy is attracted to the second daughter, Elizabeth, but she finds him arrogant and self-centered. When Darcy proposes to Elizabeth, she refuses. But perhaps there is more to Darcy than meets the eye.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet live with their five daughters. Jane, the eldest daughter, falls in love with Charles Bingley, a rich bachelor who moves into a house nearby with his two sisters and friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy. Darcy is attracted to the second daughter, Elizabeth, but she finds him arrogant and self-centered. When Darcy proposes to Elizabeth, she refuses. But perhaps there is more to Darcy than meets the eye.
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I only read this after watching (and loving) the A&E six-hour movie, but now I reread Austen’s books every few years. Pride and Prejudice is no longer my favorite, but it is the powerful Elizabeth that pulled me into Austen’s view of the world and keeps me discovering more and more about her characters.
Okay the writing is witty, but I am not personally interested in the life of snobs and would be snobs, even of the novel satirizes them.
When in doubt about what to read, returning to Austen is never wrong. Rosamund Pike's Audible version is a gem.
This is my second read of Pride and Prejudice, and I loved it even more this time than I had when I read it in high school. I feel that many of the "required texts" that I read then weren't things I could entirely grasp. I experienced P&P in a whole new way, reading it this time around. It was funnier, wittier, more romantic. Lydia and Mrs. Bennet got on my nerves far more than they did before, and the social implications of their situations seem to be more understandable to me now than when I first read it.
My book club at work chose this as the January 2011 book, and I just had to say, I am so glad to know that I still love P&P after all this time. Austen is still brilliant, relevant, and superb in her observation of the human character.
My book club at work chose this as the January 2011 book, and I just had to say, I am so glad to know that I still love P&P after all this time. Austen is still brilliant, relevant, and superb in her observation of the human character.
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