"It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." 
 Funnily enough, this was never one of the classics I read an abridged version of as a child. Every once awhile, I pull out my copy to reread. 
 I can definitely see why Pride and Prejudice is a classic. Jane and Mr. Darcy's story is simply sublime. 
 As I have stated somewhere, I don't have the easiest time with the prose, finding it at times difficult and meandering, and flowery, but underneath it all is a riveting and masterful story. I have read and loved many retellings - both modern and set in the historical time period - but in rereading, I find myself captivated anew by the original. None of them hold a candle to Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. 
 The conflict, the characters, their growth, the story - Jane Austen sure knows how to write those final chapters, I tell ya! I have read this a thousand times before and STILL stayed up until two am so I could finish the last 25% of the book. 
 And some of the sentiments expressed simply cannot be done justice to. "It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." How beautiful is that? How sublime is that? I don't think many declarations of love I have read in romance novels (and I do read a whole bunch of them!!!) can quite compare in conveying the feelings of overwhelming love as these simple words do. 
 Yep. Classic alright. 
 Love it!