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While poking fun at the society of the day, Jane Austen also managed to write a thoroughly enjoyable love story. It is well written and stands the test of time. I lover it.

Classic novel. Good quality writing, with a female lead who is feisty and ahead of her time, who's not afraid to admit she was wrong. Male lead also appealing, and turns out to be reasonable, but not in a that - wa-so-obvious-from-the-start way.

Happy ever after ending and a few characters you can despise.

A winning combination.

I have to say that the Harper Collins blurb and the choice of puff quotes makes this sound absolutely appalling. It was only the comments from keen PPs which made me curious enough to google the author and find that she does actually sound quite good.

Anyway I love all Austen because of the quality of the writing and the dialogue - often imitated but never equalled. But what P&P has that gives it the extra edge is the scenes where we see Darcy falling irresistibly for Lizzy. That's what gives it that unbeatable combination of literary cred and swoony fan girl appeal.

I love P&P because it is a truth universally acknowledged that it is one of the most well observed works of comedy ever committed to paper. I think it's wonderful that Darcy and Elizabeth both have to develop their characters in order to be worthy of each others love, both characters have believable flaws but they bring out the worst and then the best in each other. Perfection!

Fenella has it

I love P&P because so many people think it's a delightful love story of delicate ladies and dashing gentlemen, when in fact it is a deeply sarcastic, pomposity-puncturing bitchfest. All hail Queen Jane.

This sounds bloody awful.

Our Jane will be spinning in her grave.

I love P&P because to me, Lizzie Bennett is the very first 'modern woman' in literature - she knows who she is and what she wants, and refuses to be cowed. I love her!

It's my favourite book of all time, I've lost count of how many times I've read it. The wit and dialogue just sparkles; even though I know it pretty much word for word it never fails to make me smile. The characters are all unique and so well crafted, and of course the hero and heroine are just perfect. It is incredible it is still so fresh and relevant despite being written in regency times. I adore it!

I love Pride and Prejudice because the "dislike at first sight" angle even 200 years later is still such a unique approach to one of the greatest love stories of all time.
It has every kind of character type imaginable, the sweet and naive Bingley and Jane, the comedic Mrs Bennet and Lydia, the pantomime villains Wickham and Lady Catherine and the stubborn and proud Darcy and Elizabeth to name but a few. What is there not to love?

I love Curtis Sittenfield, particularly "American Wife" and find myself every bit as absorbed in them as I was, many years ago, when I first encountered Jane Austen. Unusually, I read "Northanger Abbey" first but it was the other novels that held me entranced, and now do the same for many of my pupils. Please, pick me and I will pass Curtis Sittenfield on to a new generation, just as my teachers and friends gave me Jane Austen.

Me! Me! I love P&P because Mrs Bennett is absolutely hilarious (screaming; missing the soldiers), but I love Curtis Sittenfeld even more and I can't wait to see what she's done with this!