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Originally Posted by billmilo
I know people hold Pride and Prejudice in high regard, and having read the book I don't know why. Yes the language and descriptions are vivid, but the plot itself is average. Ohh I want a rich husband, what a tragedy  |
What traditionally has made a book great is not its plot but the richness of its characters, its insights into history, society, or human nature, and the distinctiveness of the writing style.
To quote Raymond Chandler:
"some very dull books have been written about God, and some very fine ones about how to make a living and stay fairly honest. It is always a matter of who writes the stuff, and what he has in him to write it with...Everything written with vitality expresses that vitality: there are no dull subjects, only dull minds."