I have to give this five stars. Reading it, I'm amazed at how progressive Jane Austen's writing was, when women were still second class citizens then, and were still "owned" by their husbands. When I initially read it, I saw it as slow-moving and boring, and there isn't a lot of action in it, just people walking a lot, taking rides in carriages or attending balls or visiting each other in houses. So the talking/narrating ratio was higher than expected. 
 But reading it as an adult, I appreciate how trend-setting it was, and how it's now seen as a dear literary classic. Not my favourite of all time, but it's one of the few I've read and greatly appreciated!