Pride and Prejudice

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English language

Published Aug. 5, 1979 by Listen for Pleasure.

ISBN:
978-0-88646-029-7
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OCLC Number:
770105720

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4 stars (35 reviews)

it is believed that Pride and Prejudice developed from a previous work called First Impressions, which Jane Austen began in 1796 when she was 20 years old. Both titles are appropriate, for the relationships of Austen's characters are all hindered by social prejudice and false impressions. For example while she is attracted to Darcy's exceptional good-looks and "noble mien", Elizabeth Bennet is repelled by his pride and arrogance towards her. "1 could forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine': she remarks to a friend after being snubbed by Darcy Jane Austen's characters are rich and varied: scatterbrained Mrs. Bennet, whose aim in life is to see her five daughters married; proud Mr. Darcy; the pompous Parson, Mr. Collins, who seeks the most advantageous match for himself; handsome Wickham, the scoundrel; good-humoured Mr. Bingley and of course the two eldest Bennet daughters —Jane and Elizabeth. This 3 hour abridgement …

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Ich liebe Bücher aus dem 19. Jahrhundert!

5 stars

Und zwar u.a. insbesondere wegen ihres Tons. Dieses hier wurde von Jane Austen zwar bereits 1797 geschrieben, erschien aber erst 1813 oder so ähnlich.

Es geht um die Familie Bennet und ihre fünf Töchter, die von ihrer Mutter unter die Haube zu bringen sind. Die Mutter stellt sich dabei, sagen wir mal, töricht und zuweilen sehr peinlich an. Die jungen Frauen sind nicht alle am Heiraten interessiert oder betrachten die Brautschau als den wichtigsten Teil ihres Lebens, aber für die meisten wird am Ende alles gut. Sehr gut.

Was ich beim Anschauen der Bridget Jones-Filme gar nicht so mitbekam damals sind die Referenzen auf dieses Buch. Es gibt Mr. Darcy, der auch in diesem Buch der positive Held ist, und Mr. Wickham (von wicked - böse?), dessen hübsch anzuschauenden, aber definitiv nicht guten Teil Hugh Grant übernahm.

Ich habe die 470 Seiten in 6 Tagen runter gerissen und war dreie …

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5 stars

Intriguing

The first few chapters weren't captivating. Personally, it has to do with the flow or arrangement of the story. One chapter, we re talking about the present-past, in the next chapter, it's a very lengthy, multiple chapters, past-past before it caught up to present-past.

There were also a very confusing switching between first-person, third-person limited, and third-person god. The sub-sections barely worked because of it.

However, I'm giving 4 out of 5 because of the story itself. The plot. The repercussions considered of what happened which is not tackled in any other similar story in this genre, or rarely touched. It is refreshing and it stays within the realms of possibility and reality as much as possible.