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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Review, Full Summary and Every Adaptation

Five sisters, an entailed house, and the most famous bad first impression in fiction. Hailey reviews Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice spoiler-free, recommends six romances to read next, then, after a spoiler warning, tells the whole story from the first ball to the second proposal, and compares the book with the 1995 series, the 2005 film and the new Netflix series.

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Books mentioned in this episode
Persuasion by Jane Austen
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:20 Welcome
0:53 The Review
4:29 What To Read Next
7:08 Spoiler Warning
7:30 The Summary
12:25 Book Versus Screen
16:27 Outro

Scores, the full written review and the videos

Narrated by Hailey, the Book Explained host voice (AI-generated with Kokoro TTS).

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"Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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