Pix,
I love the book too. I need to re-read it soon. The thing about Austen's prose is that it just flows so well. What a wonderful writer.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
le nubian - Sep 18, 2011 5:04:04 pm PDT #16397 of 28286
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Pix - Sep 18, 2011 5:04:48 pm PDT #16398 of 28286
The status is NOT quo.
And so FUNNY! That’s the thing I’ve loved rediscovering the most.
Amy - Sep 18, 2011 5:06:59 pm PDT #16399 of 28286
Because books.
Pix, do you like Emma, too? I always feel like the odd girl out because that's the Austen I really love.
sj - Sep 18, 2011 5:07:48 pm PDT #16400 of 28286
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm all about the snark in Austen, which so many readers (not Buffistas of course) seem to miss.
DavidS - Sep 18, 2011 5:07:55 pm PDT #16401 of 28286
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I know not everyone here is a fan of Austen, but I just adore this book.
Yeah, but I'd say 95% of the people here are.
Dana - Sep 18, 2011 5:08:51 pm PDT #16402 of 28286
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I like Emma. Mansfield Park is the one that kind of blows.
Dana - Sep 18, 2011 5:09:06 pm PDT #16403 of 28286
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Though really, my favorite is probably Persuasion.
Amy - Sep 18, 2011 5:09:51 pm PDT #16404 of 28286
Because books.
I've never read Persuasion.
I still need to read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, too, to complete my Bronte reading.
Pix - Sep 18, 2011 5:13:00 pm PDT #16405 of 28286
The status is NOT quo.
Mansfield Park is the one that kind of blows.
I found it much more enjoyable once I learned that it was her playing with the conventions of gothic novels.
le nubian - Sep 18, 2011 5:13:17 pm PDT #16406 of 28286
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Have any of you seen the movie the Jane Austen Book Club. To my shame, I have seen that movie 2-3 times.
It does not get better with repeat viewings. It's like all the things that are absolutely improbable, stick out as even more so each time I see the film.