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.
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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."
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.
Liese S. - Sep 18, 2011 5:14:50 pm PDT #16407 of 28286
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ooh, how so, Pix?
Pix - Sep 18, 2011 5:18:22 pm PDT #16408 of 28286
The status is NOT quo.
There’s a bit of a longer article about it here, Liese: [link]
It still isn’t my favorite Austen (by far!), but I at least found it less annoying after learning that.
sj - Sep 18, 2011 5:19:05 pm PDT #16409 of 28286
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Mansfield Park is the one that kind of blows.
People either hate that one or think it is her most brilliant. There if very little in between.
I've read all the completed novels of Austen and love them all.
Dana - Sep 18, 2011 5:24:05 pm PDT #16410 of 28286
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I found it much more enjoyable once I learned that it was her playing with the conventions of gothic novels.
Hmph. The heroine is spineless and the hero is a drip.