Others: Mostly positive Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. Mr. Bennet, owner of the Longbourn estate in Hertfordshire, has five daughters, but his property is entailed and can only be passed to a male heir. His wife also lacks an inheritance, so his family faces becoming very poor upon his death. Thus, it is imperative that at least one of the girls marry well to support the others, which is a motivation that drives the plot.
Genres: romance, historical fiction, literary fiction, classics
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Charlotte Brontë
1847 · 489 pages · 37 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positiveThe novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she acquires friends and role models but also suffers privations and oppression; her time as the governess of Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her Byronic employer, Edward Rochester; her time with the Rivers family, during which her earnest but cold clergyman cousin, St John Rivers, proposes to her. Will she or will she not marry him?
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Zora Neale Hurston
1937 · 231 pages · 4 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positiveTheir Eyes Were Watching God (1937) is a classic Harlem Renaissance novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The novel follows Janie Crawford as she recounts the story of her life as she journeys from a naive teenager to a woman in control of her destiny.
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Vladimir Nabokov
1777 · 319 pages · 8 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positiveLolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, is obsessed with a 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he sexually molests after he becomes her stepfather. "Lolita" is his private nickname for Dolores. The novel was originally written in English and first published in Paris in 1955 by Olympia Press. Later it was translated into Russian by Nabokov himself and published in New York City in 1967 by Phaedra Publishers.
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Charles Dickens
1800 · 396 pages · 6 reviews
Others: Leaning positiveA Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. In the Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction, critic Don D'Ammassa argues that it is an adventure novel because the protagonists are in constant danger of being imprisoned or killed. As Dickens's best-known work of historical fiction, A Tale of Two Cities is said to be one of the best-selling novels of all time. In 2003, the novel was ranked 63rd on the BBC's The Big Read poll. The novel has been adapted for film, television, radio, and the stage, and has continued to influence popular culture.
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Emily Brontë
1846 · 312 pages · 32 reviews
Others: Mostly positiveWuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with Earnshaw's adopted son, Heathcliff. The novel was influenced by Romanticism and Gothic fiction.
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Daphne du Maurier
1938 · 376 pages · 17 reviews
Others: Mostly positiveWith these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the chilling events that transpired as she began her new life as the young bride of a husband she barely knew. For in every corner of every room were phantoms of a time dead but not forgotten—a past devotedly preserved by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers: a suite immaculate and untouched, clothing laid out and ready to be worn, but not by any of the great house's current occupants. With an eerie presentiment of evil tightening her heart, the second Mrs. de Winter walked in the shadow of her mysterious predecessor, determined to uncover the darkest secrets and shattering truths about Maxim's first wife—the late and hauntingly beautiful Rebecca.
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Loved itI don't know how I dodged spoilers for Pride and Prejudice until my mid-20s when I read it for the first time, but I am so glad I did. I got to experience all of these surprises for myself. And not only was it delightful, but it also offers so much to dig into when it comes to the characters.
Loved itLike it's one of the most enjoyable books for me and it's one I've reread a lot and every time I read it I just have a lovely time.
MixedListen, I thought it was good. I was waiting for it to be great. Also, I do think it loses a point for inspiring 'Bridgerton' by Julia Quinn, because that book is possibly the worst thing ever written.
Loved itthe reason why this is my favorite ever book is because this was the book that really helped me fall in love with classics... i just love the characters i love the romance i love the everyday workings of this regency world
Loved iti will not apologize for loving these books and they are completely my favorite books of hers
Loved itanother classic on my list and I love this book well rich and arrogant mr. Darcy getting schooled by the sassy Elizabeth Bennet who loves to read what's not to love about that
Loved itI love Jane Austin, but her other two books that I've read, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, I've really enjoyed, but I feel like I need to go back and reread them so I can like fully appreciate them cuz I kind of remember reading them a little bit quickly.
Not a fannow this is one I definitely wish I dnfed just because I'm not into Classics that's pretty much the only reason I've seen the movie for Pride and Prejudice and absolutely loved the movie I just don't like classic books cuz I find them really hard to read or really hard to get into
