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Review: ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen

By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Monday, October 17, 2011

Back in January, I reread Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, and mentioned that I planned to reread all of Austen’s novels at some point this year.  Despite my great love for these books, it took me until May to get to the second book on the schedule which was , perhaps Austen’s best known work and [...]

‘Sense and Sensibility’ by Jane Austen

By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Wednesday, January 26, 2011

There are some books which it’s impossible for me to review with anything even vaguely approaching objectivity, and the works of Jane Austen feature very high up that list.  I love everything about all of them, even the aspects which, critically speaking, might be weaker or less good.  I don’t often reread books (too many [...]