Title: pride and prejudice
Author: Jane Austen
Date published: January 28, 1813
Edition I read:
Orgullo y
prejuicio (Spanish translation)
Publisher: Alfaguara
Translator:
Alejandro Pareja Rodríguez
Date published: July, 2007
Pages: 382
Rating:
★★★★✩
Hello, this is my first review and I decided to do it of the
last book I read, Pride and Prejudice by Jane
Austen. This book is a romance classic;
it's surprising that despite being published in 1813, it’s still quite popular
and successful.
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| Mr. Darcy saying Elizabeth is not pretty enought to tempt him. |
I think I’m one of few persons that read this book before
watching any of its TV adaptations, so everything was new to me as I didn't
have a clear idea of what the plot was about, I only knew it was a romance
novel. I decided to read it because I
don’t like that genre and I wanted to read something I’m not used to.
This novel is set during the change of the eighteenth to the
nineteenth century, and it mainly tells the story of the Bennet family. The Bennet’s
consist of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, and their five daughters, Jane, Elizabeth,
Mary, Kitty and Lydia, whose ages range between 15 and 23 years old, and are
all marriageable. The purpose of Mrs. Bennet is to marry her daughters to
secure their future, because when her husband dies everything they have will
pass to a cousin. They live their normal lives when a young man, with a
considerable fortune, comes to town. That man is Mr. Bingley accompanied by his
sisters, his brother in law, and his friend, Mr. Darcy. Mr. Bingley is a kind
man and soon is interested in Jane, while Mr. Darcy is a proud and arrogant guy
who ends up being despised by Elizabeth.
Things get more interesting after the arrival of Mr. Wickham
at the military regiment; he is an old acquaintance and enemy of Mr. Darcy.
Wickham and Darcy have different stories about how their enmity began, and
Elizabeth will end up having to decide who is being honest. Is Wickham the
victim and Darcy a monster? Or is Wickham a liar and Darcy the innocent one?
