Pride and Prejudice

[Audiobook]
by: Jane Austen
Narrated by: Rosamund Pike
Publisher: Audible Studios
Dates Listened: Dec. 30 - Jan 20
Source: Audible.com

Why did I read it?  I heard that Audible had a recording of Rosamund Pike (the actress who portrayed Jane in the 2005 film) reading Pride and Prejudice.  I had to listen to it.  There was no question about it. 

Listening to this book was such an experience I took the time to go to Audible.com and write a review about it.  I entitled this review "One of the Most Magical things I have Ever Experienced."  Listening to this novel read by Rosamund was pure felicity.  

The story itself is timeless and perfect.  Felicity.  It's a story about two people slowly falling in love without realizing it's happening until it has already happened.  This is romantic in all the right ways.  Jane Austen is incomparable when it comes to storytelling.   

I'd just like to say though, for the record, lots of women say they are waiting for their Mr. Darcy.  Let's be real though, we should really be waiting for Mr. Bingley.  He is hopeless and adorable and so in love he doesn't even notice the improprieties of Jane's family.   That's all Mr. Darcy can see for much of the novel.  We all fall for Mr. Darcy in the end but please: who we should all really strive to be is Jane and Bingley.  

Anyway, audiobooks can be made or ruined by the narrator.  This book was brought to a whole new level of perfection being narrated by Rosamund Pike.  To start shallowly, having a classic English novel read to you in a true British accent is something everyone should experience (those who are actually from Britain are blessed with this every day of their lives).   It's magical.  Knowing that she is/was Jane Bennet adds even more levels to the magic and perfection.  Forgetting her accent and her filmography though, she reads it perfectly.  You can discern which character is talking by merely listening to her - including the men which I think is quite the feat.  She was perfection.  


Rating: 7/5
This audiobook was beyond perfection.  I more than loved it.  I want to listen to it over and over again.  I want to hear it read a million times.  There are only two words to summarize the whole experience: magic and perfection.  

Recommendation: 
Everyone should give this a listen.  I mean everyone.  Old, young, male, female - everyone.  I've always had a theory that every woman should see Star Wars just to know what most men go on and on about (plus it's awesome).  Well, every man should read Pride and Prejudice so that they know what we are going on and on about.