I have been reading regency/historical romance for about a year. I thought it would be interesting to read a romance novel that was actually written at that time. I also wanted to try my mind at a classic.

I admit it took me twice as long to read this as a contemporary romance. The phrasing and dialogue is so different you have to read each word. But I was pleasantly surpised by how much I enjoyed the story and the characters. I found myself laughing and really seeing these people as I read it.

The main reason I read romance novels is because I love the tension between the characters as they begin their relationship. There is great tension between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy.

After reading this book I will be trying some more Jane Austen and possible some other authors of the same time period.

A gentle, satirical novel of the game of matrimony as played in a small English village near the close of the eighteenth century.

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My favorite Austen.

I so enjoyed this book! Kind of criminal that I didn't pick up any Jane Austen until now. I found that although it seems like there's not a lot going on (aside from a conversation here, a card game there, a couple of dinners and the occasional ball) I was riveted. I didn't find the language terribly difficult either. The book isn't fast paced, which I think lends itself nicely to taking your time working through the language. Still finished in a few days. I'm looking forward to Sense and Sensibility next.

Witty, enjoyable read with a love story that isn't mushy or trashy.

I am not a Jane Austen fan. I waded through her books begrudgingly when I was forced to in high school English class, but this is the one exception. Pride and Prejudice is a good classic choice for tween girls, and one that they will probably revisit when they are adults.

"What are men to rocks and mmountains?"
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife."

Pride and Predjudice is a delicious story of Elizabeth Bennett; bright, witty, and pretty, but just not handsome enough to tempt Mr. Darcy. Worth re-reading over and over again.

This is one ofmy favorite books by Jane Austen. Elizabeth is the person we'd all like to be, and Mr. Darcy is the person we'd like to meet. Shows that not all love is at first sight, but rather after a very tumultuous, rocky beginning. I've read this book probably 20 times at least, and it never gets old.

I've read this three or four times over the last quarter of a century, and get something different each time. One of my favorite Austen novels, it is very particular to the time and place in which it is set and yet very timeless. The characters, even the heroine, are flawed and realistic, yet mostly sympathetic. It can be read purely as a love story, or as a satire of societal expectations and conventions, or even as an indictment of an economic system that, through unforgiving inheritance laws, forces people into handling their romantic lives as if they were business ventures. It's worth the effort even if you don't normally go for the "classics."

I absolutely loved this book. Have read it several times.

Classic - Book is a lot better than the film, and the film was excellent. The book allows you to get into the head.

This is a classic, and just gets better with every re-read. Who was proud and who was prejudiced? If you can't remember, maybe you need to revisit this old friend...

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