Okay, 'Pride and Prejudice' is one of my favourite EVER books. Although I can see why some people might not like them.
But hey, I'm sure all British people will understand me when I say that picturing Colin Firth as Darcy made me enjoy the book a whole lot more... Heh heh heh. *drools* Wet shirt scene, wet shirt scene...
Anyone who *has* seen the BBC adaptation of P+P, does Bingley, or does Bingley not bear a striking resemblance to a squirrel on Speed?
Also, 'Sense and Sensibility' is a really good book. I absolutely fell in love with the Colonel.
One thing as well; At the time, Jane Austen's books would have been considered radically feminist. I know people have already pointed this out, but I just had to drive home the point that when Jane Austen wrote P+P, she was not just writing a slushy romance, she was writing an ironic social commentary (eg. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.")
But, although I adore her books, I can quite understand how some people could find them boring. The whole "Falls in love, guy goes away, guy comes back, marriage" thing does get a little tedious after a couple of books' worth of it.