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Pride and Prejudice (BBC TV Series)

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 Hello everyone! I am so sorry I didn't post for a few weeks it has been quite busy for me, especially with the dance competition season starting. Anyway I am super excited about this post!  I recently did a post on "Pride and Prejudice" the novel, but today I want to post about the BBC series. I absolutely love this show as it is probably one of the best remakes of a book that I have ever seen. The series is 6 hours long, and I think this is why it is so good. It doesn't rush, but it takes its time. Below are 3 reasons why I love this series so much. (FYI I haven't seen any other remakes of Pride and Prejudice so I won't say that this one is better than them. However I am pretty sure that it is. 😂)  1. It is so close to the book!  This series is incredibly close to the book! Did I mention how close it is to the book? The script seems to have been taken straight from the book. And I admire this because it shows that the writers just really appreciated the...

Pride and Prejudice (Book)

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 I have been super excited to post about Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, as it is a great book and really worth reading! Pride and Prejudice is about the Bennet family, who live in an estate called Longbourn. Mr and Mrs Bennet have 5 daughters: Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia. The story is about Mrs Bennet, their mother, trying to marry off her girls, and Mr Bennet laughing at the crazy antics of Mrs Bennet. The title of the book refers to two of the main characters in the story, Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. Mr Darcy is the owner of a great estate in Derbyshire which is called Pemberley. His main fault is pride, and throughout the book he learns to be more humble. Elizabeth Bennet is the second daughter of Mr and Mrs Bennet and her main fault is prejudice. She instantly dislikes Mr Darcy because she hears him say that she is not pretty enough to tempt him, and maintains this opinion of him, even when it should've been obvious to her that she had no reason or fou...