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Read ReviewProm and Prejudice
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After winter break, the girls at the very prestigious Longbourn Academy become obsessed with the upcoming prom. Scholarship student, Lizzie Bennett, can neither afford nor is interested in designer dresses and shoes, but her best friend Jane is; especially as her crush, Charles Bingley, is returning from a semester in the UK.
Lizzie is happy about her friend's burgeoning romance but less than impressed by Charles's friend Will Darcy, who'd snobby and pretentious. Darcy doesn't seem to like Lizzie, either, and she assumes it is because her family has no money. But if Will Darcy is such a jerk, why does Lizzie find herself so drawn to him?
Will Lizzie's pride and Darcy's prejudice keep them apart, or will they overcome their mutual distrust and accept their attraction? Elizabeth Eulberg has created a delightful modern-day romp through the well known parlour rooms of Jane Austen's world, it is a love story to entertain and engage as much now as then.
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Mar 11,2011
A fun, fluffy take on the classic Austen novel. It presumes that you know how the story goes in taking quite a few narrative shortcuts but there is a sense of play that makes it pleasurable to read. The reimagining of the story within a boarding school setting works well and there's a bullying subplot that makes the class issues more high school and contemporary in approach.
A quick read with a flirty sensibility.
