Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Review

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Review

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I recently reread Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. It is one of my favorite books written by Austen (with Northanger Abby coming a close second). As with all of Austen’s books, I really enjoy the strong female characters and the humor that is infused and carefully constructed to poke fun at Victorian ideals and lifestyles. I’m a bit of a Victorian nut you might say and really love to envision what it would have been like living at the time. I visit Victorian mansions quite regularly. Austen does a beautiful job describing her settings to the point that I actually do feel like I enter her created world and could walk the halls of her mansions and estates just as I do when I visit Rhode Island and tour the mansions there.

This novel is about making assumptions and passing judgments. It is a love story that is filled with tension due to misunderstandings and miscommunication. There is scandal (Victorian brand scandal of course) and there are weddings, some forced, others not. While reading you will want to bash the head of some of the more stubborn characters and yes sometime’s you will want to bash the heads of the hero and heroine.

It is not a light read and will take some thinking. But, I promise you, you will laugh. It is very funny at times. Especially when Elizabeth is discussing the serious matter of a marriage proposal with her cousin, Mr. Collins. The man is outrageously idiotic and the whole encounter is highly satirical.

Pride and Prejudice is such a classic that I believe we’ll be seeing some fresh version soon. Modernized and geared toward a younger teen audience. A brilliant idea if you ask me.

The reason why I’ve deducted a star is this…it is long and there are some boring bits here and there, but I think that comes with the territory of Victorian literature. It doesn’t stop me from reading it again and again though; it just takes some patience.

Publisher: Whitehall (Easton Press edition shown)

Pride and Prejudice Release Date: 1813

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