On the Back
of the Book
My
copy doesn’t say anything... so for one review only we’re going to visit
Goodreads.
(Goodreads Description)
"It is a truth
universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune
must be in want of a wife."
So begins Pride and
Prejudice, Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners--one of the most popular
novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the
proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their
spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues.
Renowned literary critic and historian George Saintsbury in 1894 declared it
the "most perfect, the most characteristic, the most eminently
quintessential of its author's works," and Eudora Welty in the twentieth
century described it as "irresistible and as nearly flawless as any
fiction could be."
Pre Read
Thoughts
This
is one of those books that I’ve been meaning to read for ages and never found
the time to sit down and do so. So with a half finished blanket (see Wuthering
Heights review) and winter fast approaching I thought I’d get an audiobook and
get down to work. I’m also reading this for a favourites challenge on GR. I
bought a physical copy of the book at my local RSPCA charity shop for £1.25 as
I like knowing what page I’m on and the money went to help some poor,
unfortunate animals. My cover is rather dull, with just a small picture of Mr
Darcy on the cover. There isn’t a synopsis either which is more than a tad
annoying.
Post Read
Thoughts
I
celebrated finishing this. I wasn’t a fan of it at all. In my opinion nothing
actually happened I personally believe that I could’ve written the whole book
in a sentence. Actually that sounds like a challenge, a challenge I simply must
take up. So here we go, Pride and Prejudice in a sentence.
“One day Elizabeth Bennet met Mr
Darcy, they hated each other for a while but eventually fell in love with one
another and got married.”
Job
done. I don’t get why Jane wasted so much time on it. Since she did though I
should probably review it. The writing style didn’t capture my attention and
even listening to it didn’t help. My attention kept wandering to the good
looking chaps on my bedroom wall. I did get sick of hearing of ‘politeness’
though and if I ever hear the word ‘civility’ again I may have to hunt you
down.
The
characters. I have no idea what to say about them except I didn’t really like
any of them. I wanted to drown them in a vat of something especially Mrs
Bennet. Oh Lord! Does that woman know when to shut up? I couldn’t bear her and
I was sick of hearing about her nerves. She was so two-faced and she had no
idea of what her kids were feeling. Mr Bennet wasn’t much better. He spent his
life in a different room because he was foolish and chose his wife because of
her pretty face. They both have favourite children and that isn’t right. Surely
it affected them all.
The
narrator of my audiobook was okay. I liked her although her voice started to
grate on me occasionally. If it wasn’t for her though, I’d still be stuck on
page 88. The other major plus is that I can do other stuff at the same time. I
personally like to crochet. I did mention the blanket. It’s still not finished.
I’m going to need another book.
Overall
I’m not fond of this book, though I know plenty of people that love it. If you
want a classic love story like this then I’m actually going to suggest
Wuthering Heights which has a better story. I’m not sure what would improve the
story for me... maybe some zombies... now there’s an idea! I actually think
that if you’re a fan of classic love stories you’ll have already read this but
maybe you could revisit it and tell me what I’m missing.
My Rating
2 stars – Not my cup of tea I’m
afraid. It didn’t grab me and the only reason that I managed to finish it is my
audiobook. I won’t try to talk you out of reading this if you really want to but
if you like some action in stories, you’ve took a wrong turning somewhere
because there isn’t any here.
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