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I am diving into - and loving - Pride and Prejudice again. The reason? I bought it today at the bookstore along with some other things but it's P&P that's important. The first time I read this lovely and completely brilliant book, I fell asleep during the point where Mr. Collins entered the book in his boring fashion. I'm not there yet in the book during my reread but I'm absolutely devouring it. I had originally thought to borrow it from the library but once I saw that it was already lent, I went by the bookstore with the idea to buy a notebook but then stumbled upon Pride and Prejudice and I couldn't help myself since it was such a nice edition (the Oxford edition with notes and stuff in it) and it's such a wonderful book. And the cashier agreed with me. When she saw the book, she commented:
"Best book in the world."
"Yeah, something like that," I said.
"Are you buy it as a present or?..."
"I'm buying it for myself. I'm that selfish."
(politely laughs, lightly amused) "Haha. Well, I can understand you."
Austen fans unite!
Know any good, active, community where you can discuss her books and/or your experiences of the books? I'd love to join one. ♥ There's a reason why she is the only author who has a tag in my LiveJournal. It's not that P&P is particularly girlish or "in style" or something like that, even though it's the ultimate love story as far as I'm concerned, whose only competitor is Heathcliffe/Catherine in Wuthering Heights. Austen writes so many splendid pairings and some I might even prefer over Darcy/Elizabeth, but P&P is the ultimate love story. Not because Darcy is all that either. It simply... is, you know? The language is flawless, you can really picture yourself in the environment and with all the people and see the culture that influenced Austen's world. It's an engaging story where you both pity and love each characters as though they were part of your family. Because in a way, we've all met our Mrs. Bennets, Marys, Lydias, Mr. Bingleys etc. even though the gender might vary, at least I have met variations of these characters and I can recognize aspects of myself in most of them as well.
I'm gushing but I do so shamelessly because I cannot stop talking about Pride and Prejudice right now. It's sort of to the point where I wish that her books were real life. Because even though it might appear to some that the only point in the book is to find a suitable partner (even though I argue it's not the case), it still has more substance than most of our lives these days, or even contains more substance than modern literature (some exceptions). At least to me. I sort of have this idea that love has more substance than money, work or anything like that (maybe considered naive, but whatever - in the world that I live in, love is about the most essential part of life and there is nothing that I can think of at the moment which is more important - regardless what kind of love it is, love is always going to be important to me). Which is maybe why I adore Austen's books. Also not solely because they're so romantic but also because the languge is, as I mentioned before, so incredibly captivating and beautiful.
I can talk forever and make no excuses, but... I adore this book so darn much and I'll probably read this book until the letters on the page fade away and can't be read any more.
"Best book in the world."
"Yeah, something like that," I said.
"Are you buy it as a present or?..."
"I'm buying it for myself. I'm that selfish."
(politely laughs, lightly amused) "Haha. Well, I can understand you."
Austen fans unite!
Know any good, active, community where you can discuss her books and/or your experiences of the books? I'd love to join one. ♥ There's a reason why she is the only author who has a tag in my LiveJournal. It's not that P&P is particularly girlish or "in style" or something like that, even though it's the ultimate love story as far as I'm concerned, whose only competitor is Heathcliffe/Catherine in Wuthering Heights. Austen writes so many splendid pairings and some I might even prefer over Darcy/Elizabeth, but P&P is the ultimate love story. Not because Darcy is all that either. It simply... is, you know? The language is flawless, you can really picture yourself in the environment and with all the people and see the culture that influenced Austen's world. It's an engaging story where you both pity and love each characters as though they were part of your family. Because in a way, we've all met our Mrs. Bennets, Marys, Lydias, Mr. Bingleys etc. even though the gender might vary, at least I have met variations of these characters and I can recognize aspects of myself in most of them as well.
I'm gushing but I do so shamelessly because I cannot stop talking about Pride and Prejudice right now. It's sort of to the point where I wish that her books were real life. Because even though it might appear to some that the only point in the book is to find a suitable partner (even though I argue it's not the case), it still has more substance than most of our lives these days, or even contains more substance than modern literature (some exceptions). At least to me. I sort of have this idea that love has more substance than money, work or anything like that (maybe considered naive, but whatever - in the world that I live in, love is about the most essential part of life and there is nothing that I can think of at the moment which is more important - regardless what kind of love it is, love is always going to be important to me). Which is maybe why I adore Austen's books. Also not solely because they're so romantic but also because the languge is, as I mentioned before, so incredibly captivating and beautiful.
I can talk forever and make no excuses, but... I adore this book so darn much and I'll probably read this book until the letters on the page fade away and can't be read any more.
