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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I give this re-read 5/5 sexually frustrated hand flexes.
It is hard not to love this classic that basically set the groundwork for my favorite genre of romance - witty, clever, average girl manages to beguile broody, rich, mean man. Jane Austen has such a way of writing that gives so much life to these characters and really makes you feel transported to the era - it is just timeless. Admittedly, there's a good chunk in the middle that is absolutely boring, but I don't even care enough about that to have it affect my love for this story. And the ending is so anticlimactic, so do not expect modern romance book level drama or you'll be disappointed.
I'm not sure what more I could say that hasn't been said much better by others, so here are some of my favorite quotes:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
"You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves.” “You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these last twenty years at least.”
“Come, Darcy,” said he, “I must have you dance. I hate to see you standing about by yourself in this stupid manner. You had much better dance.”
"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 on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
"I have, therefore, made up my mind to tell you, that I do not want to dance a reel at all— and now despise me if you dare.” “Indeed I do not dare.”
Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her. He really believed, that were it not for the inferiority of her connections, he should be in some danger.
"“I do assure you, sir, that I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. I would rather be paid the compliment of being believed sincere."
“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”
“Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures! They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. But I confess they would have no charms for me— I should infinitely prefer a book.”
It is hard not to love this classic that basically set the groundwork for my favorite genre of romance - witty, clever, average girl manages to beguile broody, rich, mean man. Jane Austen has such a way of writing that gives so much life to these characters and really makes you feel transported to the era - it is just timeless. Admittedly, there's a good chunk in the middle that is absolutely boring, but I don't even care enough about that to have it affect my love for this story. And the ending is so anticlimactic, so do not expect modern romance book level drama or you'll be disappointed.
I'm not sure what more I could say that hasn't been said much better by others, so here are some of my favorite quotes:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
"You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves.” “You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these last twenty years at least.”
“Come, Darcy,” said he, “I must have you dance. I hate to see you standing about by yourself in this stupid manner. You had much better dance.”
"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 on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
"I have, therefore, made up my mind to tell you, that I do not want to dance a reel at all— and now despise me if you dare.” “Indeed I do not dare.”
Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her. He really believed, that were it not for the inferiority of her connections, he should be in some danger.
"“I do assure you, sir, that I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. I would rather be paid the compliment of being believed sincere."
“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”
“Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures! They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. But I confess they would have no charms for me— I should infinitely prefer a book.”