Initial thoughts: In the printed form alone it would've taken me a great deal longer to finish Pride and Prejudice. Alternating between the audiobook and paperback, occasionally even reading and listening concurrently helped a lot. Rosamund Pike was excellent narrator and it's to her great credit that at my second attempt I made it though this classic even when I was incredibly bored. The first half made me continuously want to give up in despair. Once I got to the second half, though, Elizabeth grew on me. A lot more happened beyond the discussions about the importance of marriage as well, which made me feel much less disagreeable.