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I'm enjoying it, pretty much, but Bryson has been grumpy through much of this, and too much is about people he's found tiresome or irksome. I prefer when he's more or less delighted, or benignly interested, in the people he meets.

Thought i could do just one more chapter, but it really picked up around 40% and I couldn't stop.

Reading it to the boys. They seem to enjoy it.

Excellent so far--insightful without being jargon-y. I'd recommend it to undergrads who both enjoy, and are struggling to understand, Austen's work.