Jane Austen at her best
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It's Jane Austen ... what more needs to be said?
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its great, its the full version, it's chip to buy...
its Jane Austen!
i recomend it with all mjy heart
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Pride & Prejudice is my favorite novel of Jane Austen and Colin Firth is my Mr. Darcy. This was a wonderful collection of Mr. Darcy stories.  Some take a scene from the book but then from Mr. Darcy point of view. Some give a little twist tot he story. The other half of the book features Mr. Darcy in a more modern setting.  I enjoyed every and each story. I recommend this book to all Jane Austen lovers.
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I have not had the opportunity to read this yet but you can't lose with Jane Austen. Her stories never lose their magic.
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Miss Jane Austen (1775-1817) the spinster daughter of a Church of England clergyman wrote only six novels. Of that number "Mansfield Park" is not as well known as such hits as "Pride and Prejudice"; "Sense and Sensibility"; "Emma" "Persuasion" and Northanger Abbey." It is, however one of Austen's finest works; a true class of English Regency fiction which will always live in the annals of great literature.
  Austen's novels all deal with courtship and social mores in small English villages among upper middle class folks. No one ever works! This novel has fascinating characters such as :
Fanny Price: The poor daughter of the feckless Mr and Mrs Price (nine children) who live in a chaotic household in the English seaport of Portsmouth. Fanny is farmed out at the age of 10 to Mrs. Price's wealthy sister Mrs. Thomas Bertram who is wed to Sir Thomas Bertram of Mansfield Park. Fanny is the gentlest, most taciturn, socially conservative and physically weakest of Austen's heroines. She is adept at listening and observing the actions of others in her social circle.
Mary and Henry Crawford: These two less than admirable siblings stay at their sister Mrs. Grant's home in the Mansfield parsonage. Mary flirts with Edmuind Bertram; Henry courts Maria Bertram but has his eyes on Fanny. They are both somewhat wild and Austen does not like them. These two bring the amorality of London's fast society to the small bucolic world of Mansfield with disaster ensuing.
Mrs. Norris-One of the most despicable, self-serving, greedy old harridan's in fiction. Mrs. Norris is the sister of Mrs Price and Betram. She coddles Maria and Julia Betram the spoiled daughters of Sir Thomas; she does not care for Fanny. Mrs. Norris could have come out of the pages of Dickens and is odious and unforgettable!
Tom Bertram is the oldest somewhat worthless son of the Bertrams.
Julia Bertram falls in love with Mr. Yates who was instrumental in organizing a play at Mansfield while Sir Thomas is away from home. Sir Thomas owns slaves in Antigua. Austen uses the play as a test of character. She disapproves of such frivolity and sees it as an intrusion into the orderly rural life of Mansfield. Fanny is the only character among the young people who opposes it's production.
  Austen is a subtle writer who uses such ordinary events as card parties, strolls in gardens and quiet conversation to reveal character to the reader. Unlike many great novelist she was a Christian woman who demanded high moral standards in her heroines and heroes. This novel ends well with wedding bells for the good and suitable misery for the evil characters.
  Austen is not everyone's cup of tea! Her novels are long and there is little overt action. It is true that you often have to skim back over an earlier section to remember who is speaking to whom! Her language is formal but she also relishes a good pun or turn of phrase.
Austen is working in a small area of the human story but in that baliwick of young love and romance she stands unsurpassed. Mansfield Park is a novel to savor. The introduction by Tony Tanner is a brilliant piece of literary commentary as he sees the novel as a clash between the order of Mansfield Park and the disorder of modern life exhibited in the disorderly household of Fanny's family in Portsmouth. Austen found virtue in country living; vice in the big city of London. She lived in an age of frivolity under George IV the Prince Regent (1811-182)so her call for moral behavior was a trumpet which needed blowing.
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Pride and Prejudice is a fantastic book. I have read it many times, and love it more and more with each reading.

Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy's journey to find each other was brilliant. The witty dialogue and the entertaining characters make this book quick and so much fun to read.

Jane Austen does a brilliant job of portraying the 19th centuty woman's plight in Pride and Prejudice through Elizabeth and Jane Bennet. It was a time where women were only expected to do one thing in their life: marry and marry well. An outspoken and intelligent woman was looked down upon. A woman was not supposed to think, only to please the men in her life.

Jane Austen was many years ahead of her time in portraying the unjust social restraints that women had to endure. Her books were the medium that she chose to express her feelings about the social situation of women. Her writings foreshadowed and inspired succeeding generations of women as they fought to obtain equal rights.
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I Love this novel and I am a big fan of Jane Austen novel's.  Good to read it if you want to Catch up the collection.
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Enjoyed the language.  Makes you focus, not a light read.  Compares favorably to Pride and Prejudice. My favorite Jane Austen book.
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It is hard to choose between this book and Pride and Prejudice as the most enjoyable read. Love Jane Austen and how she uses irony to express her wit!
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Loved this novel by Jane Austen; my favorite alongside Austen's Pride and Prejudice!  A Classic that I'm sure I'll be able to read again with as much enjoyment as the first read.
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If you're a Jane Austen fan, you're going to love this. The cast is perfect together, the script stays true to the novel, and you get all the drama and wit of Jane Austen because the novel hasn't been truncated to fit into a 2-hour movie. Masterpiece Theater is as meticulous as ever in recreating this great novel.
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The acting in this adaptation is superb and most believable!  Jane Austen would be proud, I think!
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This is by far the best version of Emma. Romola Garai portrays Emma perfectly as likable but misguided. Other versions just have her haughty and pretentious. The BBC versions of Jane Austen's novels tend to be the best and this is no exception. This is just simply the best portrayal of Emma, Mr. Knightley, Mrs. Weston, Harriet and all the other beloved characters. If you are a Jane Austen fan at all you will love this.
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I am a complete Jane Austen fan. LOVE her books. This BBC adaption is amazing and captures the characters perfectly.
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The audio book is masterfully performed, and the novel is Jane Austen at her finest. The theme of the novel, that good judgment results from the use of both logic and feeling, is well developed in the plot, which pits the reasoning of one sister against the emotionalism of the other, while the narrative is brilliantly entertaining.
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This is my second favourite book by Jane Austen, right after Pride and Prejudice. I was actually surprised how much I liked it, I though after reading P&P nothing could come close to it.
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My favorite version thus far of this Jane Austen novel. A little slow at times, but the dialogue and acting is fantastic.