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staci.reads
Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen
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1. Reread...I have no idea how many times 😂. I used to read it yearly! My viewpoint hasn't changed. I love it every time.
2. Elizabeth. She's still my girl.
3. How do I pick?! The first proposal, the meeting at Pemberly, the walk where they finally come to an understanding.
@Crinoline_Laphroaig #JaneAustenThenandNow

staci.reads 4. “I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.” - such a great lesson for all women
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staci.reads Also "The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.” - it just seems more relevant now than ever ? 1d
staci.reads 5. Definitely deal with a cold
6. Caroline...I'd love to spar with her.
7. Hmm...I have to say Willoughby, but they are pretty much the same person.
8. Elizabeth, Darcy, and Aunt Gardiner. What an intelligent and witty conversation it would be!
9. There's a reason it's one of the most adapted books of all time!
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staci.reads
Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen
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It never loses its shine. I have read it more times than I can count, but every time, I still feel all the feels as Elizabeth and Darcy find their way to each other. This reread was no different. #JaneAustenThenandNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig

TheBookHippie Pretty copy! 13h
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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#PemberLittens I'm going far into the 'Now' for April. Super excited for this! It's such a gorgeous book.

I'm also going to have a look through my Kindle and Audiobooks. I have a ton of them on my TBR and I'm always adding more.
🎩📖🚀 #JaneAustenThenAndNow

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willaful
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Well dang. From the cover and size, I was expecting a graphic novel. It does have pictures and visual ephemera but is mostly of the “take a public domain work and add something weird to it“ subgenre and that's just not my thing. Seeing Austen's actual words mixed up with new ones bugs me.

#JaneAustenThenAndNow #Permberlittens @Crinoline_Laphroaig

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DebinHawaii
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For #Pemberlittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow

1. Reread, I‘m not sure how many times as I read it at least every 2 years, often every year… maybe 30? Format: started with the purple beauty, read mostly on my Kindle & finished with the Classics Reimagined version this weekend. I don‘t think my viewpoint has changed too much except for more sympathy for Mary over the years.

2. Elizabeth of course! 💜 Darcy by the end.😉

3. Elizabeth ⬇️

DebinHawaii … going toe-to-toe with Lady Catherine. Such badassery!
4. So many favorite quotes but “and I could easily forgive HIS pride, if he had not mortified MINE.” Is just perfection
5. Ride in the rain & catch a cold & recover at Netherfield Park
6. Dinner with Caroline to see what she‘d wear. Plus I think the food would be better-I feel like Lady C would not have her food seasoned well! 🤷🏻‍♀️ ⬇️
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DebinHawaii … 7. It‘s close, but Wickham is worse for me.
8. A girl‘s tea with Lizzy, Jane & Mrs. Gardiner. 🫖 No to Mr. & Mrs. Bennet & Mr. Collins.
9. I watched the 1995 series once this month & 2005 twice (it‘s shorter!). While I get the appeal of Matthew Macfadyen, Colin Firth is forever my Darcy.💜
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Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm planning a daylong binge of 1995. #DateWithMrDarcy‼️😍 1d
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 5h
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Andrea313
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Keeping it reasonable for my April #PemberLittens reading! I've never read Longbourn (!) so it's time, and I can't wait for Jane Austen's Bookshelf. I loved Price's funny S&S mystery so I'm glad to be reading what came before it and Bellezza/Harding's Emma adaptation was so clever that I bought the tagged book the instant it was released. I waited a long time to read it but now seems like the perfect moment, as a kickoff to a month of adaptations.

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Andrea313
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Winding down a quiet, rainy Sunday with some low light and the P&P chapter of this book. In it, the author reflects on how Lizzy taught him what it means to grow up- not through advanced degrees or important jobs, but rather reflecting on your own mistakes and putting in the hard work to change for the better: "For [Austen], growing up has nothing to do with knowledge or skills... it has everything to do with character and conduct." Truer words!

bookandbedandtea Your lamp is so pretty! I recently got this book and I'm ready to dip into it; sounds like it's a good one. 3d
Andrea313 @bookandbedandtea I really enjoy it, and I hope you do, too. Please do post your review when you finish. 3d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love you lamp 💗 2d
Crinoline_Laphroaig I really enjoyed it! 1d
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Andrea313
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Closing out P&P with ch.3 of Kelly's book and Jane's views on "polite society". Much is made of the importance of proper introductions as well as the many clashes of class throughout the novel, but Kelly also points to the presence of the militia and the undercurrent of war and violence lurking beyond our story. But she still needs to throw in an outlandish claim, so brace yourselves- is Wickham actually...Darcy's illegitimate half-brother?! (?)

willaful Well that's just gross. 🤢 3d
Crinoline_Laphroaig WTF‼️ 1d
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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#PemberLittens for discussion of Pride & Prejudice! Answer here or make your own post just tag me so I see it. My answers:

1️⃣ Swapped between print and audiobook read by the fabulous Rosamunde Pike. Umpteenth reread. When I first started tracking my reading with Goodreads, I estimated that I had read P & P every other year since I was 14. Using that low estimate plus actually keeping track since 2017, makes this my 20th time reading. ⬇️

Crinoline_Laphroaig One thing that has changed over the years is how I view Mr Bennet. Younger me laughed at his quips. Older me realizes he wasn't a very good father. Mostly he just hides in his library and ignores his family.

2️⃣ Always Elizabeth. She taught teenage me to never let anyone bully you into something you know is not right for you. Secondly Mrs Gardiner for how she is there for her nieces. ⬇️

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Crinoline_Laphroaig 3️⃣ I started 2 Chapters a day but when I got to Pemberley, I sat down with a cup of tea and binge read to the end. All of Volume 3 is my favorite.

4️⃣ All classics. Whenever I read or watch an adaptation I always want to see how the opening line is used: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." ⬇️

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Crinoline_Laphroaig To Pemberley, therefore, they were to go.” Whenever I read this, I know I'm to my favorite part.

And of course: “Obstinate, headstrong girl! As a teenager, I was inspired by this to think for myself.

5️⃣ I'd dance with Mr Collins, if it meant I going to Netherfield Ball. ⬇️
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Crinoline_Laphroaig 6️⃣ Lady Catherine. Once she's talking you could pretty much just eat your meal with occasional reply. Caroline is sly. You'd have to be ready at all times to respond to her snarky comments.

7️⃣ This was a great discussion question that was asked in group. I lean towards Willoughby being the worst because he left a young woman pregnant. Although I'm sure the Wickham would have done the same.⬇️
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Crinoline_Laphroaig 8️⃣ Tea with Elizabeth, Mrs Gardiner, and Georgiana at Pemberley. No Bingley sisters allowed.

9️⃣ I love Pride and Prejudice 'most ardently'. I'm always happy to reread it. 🎩

#janeaustenthenandnow
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