This may make me a disgrace to Jane Austen fandom, but Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice have always been fairly interchangeable in my mind. They’re just so similar! So, even though I love them both dearly, I was initially very excited to start this book and find something a bit differen...
I first read this book back in November when doing the Unputdownables readalong for this book. And like I said my previous review of this book, this book needed a second reading to understand it better (I read it the first time for the sake of saying said I had read the book) and also to appreciate...
I first read this book back in November when doing the Unputdownables readalong for this book. And like I said my previous review of this book, this book needed a second reading to understand it better (I read it the first time for the sake of saying said I had read the book) and also to appreciate...
My least favorite of Austen's books, this one still has the wit and charm of the others. Catherine is a young heroine, and part of the fun is watching her misinterpret (or simply miss) what's really going on. It's also fun to be in on the joke when the author uses the same Gothic tropes she is makin...
At the beginning of the year I challenged myself to finally read all of Jane Austen. I had previously read Pride & Prejudice many years ago. Recently I finished Northanger Abbey as read by Juliet Stevenson. Stevenson is a wonderful narrator who I first listened to for Mansfield Park and then for E...
I've been reading a lot of genre fiction from a list of recommended works, and what I've constantly been struck with is how fast they date--anything pre-mid 1970s in particular. It impressed upon me that what separates classics and why they endure is that in contrast on reading it you're struck with...
I'm not going to fully review this, because like with most Austen's I feel like I need to read it twice before I'm really ready to tear it apart. However I do have a few thoughts to share.This is probably my least favourite of the Austen's I've read, but I still did enjoy it. I always enjoy her writ...
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