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It always amazes me how these novels still resonate today. For a female novelist of her time, Jane Austen was an incredibly smart, witty, and sarcastic personality. Her dry humor and observational skills are incredible. Austen is clear about her contempt for a modicum of behaviour slightly reminiscent of Mary Bennett from her most famous work, Pride And Prejudice. The movie was SO different from the book. The last three chapters were so unexpected. Will sure read it again. The person, be it gentlemen or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, "Men never know when things are dirty or not;" and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, "Women will have their little nonsenses and needless cares." The main thing I took away from the Jane Austen novels was how people dressed. Women weren't dressed immodestly with boobs hanging out and men weren't wearing their pants below their ass. People dressed to impress. Between you and me, there's nothing more sexy than a modest woman. Women who wear dental floss on a daily basis immediately turn me off. All that comes to mind is "girl is putting out" and "walking std". When a woman walks with confidence and wears modest clothing immediately makes me think how she's secure with herself, intelligent, doesn't care what people say/think, and dignified.
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Ihre Heldinnen sind keine "farblose[n] Unschuldsengel", sondern bewundernswerte – und manchmal vollkommen herkömmliche – junge Frauen. Obwohl "Stolz und Vorurteil" vermutlich der bekannteste Roman der Autorin ist, war es nicht der, der mir am besten gefiel (obwohl er zweifelsohne sehr gut ist!). Ich mochte "Die Abtei von Northanger", "Überredung" und "Mansfield Park" am besten. Die Werke haben mich am besten unterhalten und sind stärker "hängen geblieben". 😍👍 Another theme, probably the most apparent of them all in this particular book, is love. The driving base and plot line of this entire story is the romance between Elizabeth Bennet, a girl of relatively low social standing in a class based society, and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the wealthy and highly regarded master of Pemberley. At first, the love of Elizabeth and Mr.Darcy is slow and cautious in the beginning, almost as if they were trying to convince themselves not to fall for one another, due to certain circumstances. As in all great love stories, however, love conquers in the end, and Elizabeth and Mr.Darcy overcome their struggles and obstacles to be together. Emma” ~ The delightful tale of a girl who thinks she knows everyone’s heart and is ignorant of her own takes My first introduction to Austen’s famous romances was “Pride and Prejudice”. Like Mark Twain, her writing style grated on my nerves so much I could not finish the book. While I believe in respecting the rest of the departed, I too was ready to get a shovel, disturb the author’s grave and brutally pummel into dust what Mark Twain may have missed. Disappointed, I abandoned “Pride and Prejudice” and eventually made a second attempt years later. By that time, I had hoped the chronological lapse would alter my prejudice against her style, forgive the pun, but it still had the same effect on my nerves, but at least I finished the book.
Accessories Fashion For Children Fashion To Make Fashionable Furnishings Men's Fashion Women's Fashion Her novels introduce us to a variety of characters, from the strong willed (Elizabeth Bennet) to the weakling (Fanny Price)women to the men we want to be with (Mr. Darcy, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Darcy) to the ones we could do without (Willoughby, anyone?). And you can't forget the comic foils, most often seen in the matron role of the book. We all know who we want to be, who we're cheering for, who we despise,and who we feel sorry for. There's a character for every person.In February, I read Sense and Sensibility. Once again this was my first time reading this novel and I loved it so much. Marianne and Elinor were delightful protagonists and I loved their dynamic so much. Willoughby is forever the worst and I hate him. He's just absolutely despicable. I loved how adorably awkward Edward was and I really liked Colonel Brandon. I just found everything about this book to be delightful and honestly relatable. If one never knew anyone of this sort, one would think the character is entirely invented. At that it is not that uncommon to come across men who deal with their own children, especially daughters, this cruelly or worse, but they are excused or even pressured to be this cruel and admired for it in various cultures (not excepting west or US for that matter) while women are usually this cruel with children of other women, say a lover's wife or a sister in law. But the character therefore is entirely possible, especially in an era when a woman could only obtain wealth and consequence by marriages her own and her relatives'; and the only area she could use her mind however sharp was in fields related to intrigues of social sort, marriages, love affaires, and so on, especially gossip and vile gossip about other women. This unfortunately is what far too many women and even men use their minds for, even now, for sport and not for want of subjects that could use the sharp minds. Sometimes it is the heart of such a gossiper and mud thrower that is at fault seriously in that destroying another person is the pleasure, and use of mind and other facilities is merely a means. Emma” ~ The delightful tale of a girl who thinks she knows everyone’s heart and is ignorant of her own takes it upon herself to play matchmaker for her acquaintances to the amused chagrin of Mr. Knightly, a family friend. Poor Emma is in for a surprise when her games of love go awry. Will it all end as happily as she envisioned?
Mansfield Park - I've seen less than positive views on this book, but I actually really enjoyed most of it. The ending was disappointing and felt very rushed, especially when so much happened near the end!! Even though I found Edmund sweet and caring to Fanny, I was siding more with Henry, BUT THEN THE END!! Why must you do this to me Jane Austen?! WHY?! Finally, in June, I read (reread) Persuasion and I think it's safe to say that for now, it's taken my top spot for favorite Austen novel. I love Anne so much and understood her motivations completely. She's got a subtle snark to her that I love and the PINING ANGST is just delightful! I also adore Captain Wentworth and I also understand where he's coming from. I loved watching his interactions with everyone around him and the jealousy was also delightful for me to read as well. I didn't really hate anyone in this novel, I really understood where most of them were coming from. That's not to say they didn't get grating at times, they absolutely did, but I just loved everything about it. And the ending of this book always destroys me. It's SO GOOD. Definitely one of my favorites and one I'll reread in the future. When it comes to classics, Jane Austen is one of my favourite authors for reasons too long to share here. Although, on the contrary to the popular opinions, Pride and Prejudice is not my most favourite among all of the seven novels of hers. I love these books for their relatablity. Their sense of hope, and their quoteability. I, personally, will be adopting the following for the coming year "It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at 29 than she was 10 years before." Incidentally, there are 720 different ways of ranking Austen's novels, but only 120 ways if Northanger Abbey is always last. My own personal ranking did not change, although as someone else remarked, my favorite Jane Austen is always the one I'm currently reading. Even Northanger Abbey, simple as it is, has touches of genius. Notably the superb liar Isabella Thorpe, who gets engaged to Catherine's brother, dumps him, and then tries to patch things up when her other thing doesn't work out.The most gentle love story from Austen repertoire, with the usual cache of gentle women and men following a normal course of life for their day while falling into easy traps of faults or follies and realising their mistakes and generally rising above, with their counterpart of men and women of small follies or serious faults of character providing examples of how not to be or behave. The young man however has excellent character and fortunately realises what is what, and love triumphs even without money. Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics. After reading the Pride and Prejudice I now have an understanding of Jane Austen’s writing style. Unlike Pride and Prejudice I have not heard very much about Mansfield Park, so I did not know what to expect. However after not being thrilled by the first book, I must admit my hopes weren’t very high for this one either. I found the plot for Mansfield Park to move along and get to its point faster than I expected. Early on in this story I found that there was very little character development in terms of the personalities of the main characters. I found myself wishing for more of this and more physical descriptions of the characters. Although I found the main character Fanny to be quite dull, she was the underdog and I was rooting for her happiness. Throughout the story I couldn’t help but wonder if being raised at Mansfield, hindered Fanny’s development rather than helped it. Had she stayed with her family she might not have been the timid anxious young woman she was. I found that the story of Mansfield Park kept my interest more than that of Pride and Prejudice, however I didn’t have an overly strong connection with any of the characters. Emma" habe ich zuletzt gelesen und ich muss sagen, dass mir der Roman im Vergleich zu den anderen am wenigsten zugesagt hat. Im Nachwort heißt es, dies sei der Roman, bei dem Jane Austen "reifer" gewesen sei. Vielleicht hängt es damit zusammen. Hier hatte ich das Gefühl, es wurde sich zu stark auf Kleinigkeiten, auf das Drumherum, fokussiert. Die ganze Sache mit der Kuppelei war nichts für mich, glaube ich. 🤷
Jane Austen completed only six official works during her lifetime. While this may present something of a seemingly limited representation of her talents, today each work is well-known and recognized around the globe, highly regarded for their clear messages delivered by a memorable cast of characters. No doubt her actual life and personal interactions benefited her writing prowess for each work takes on a life of its own. Jane Austen has completed seven novels during her lifetime. I read her six big novels from November 2016 to June 2017, so it's been a hot minute (and I'm not opposed to rereading them), but I thought it'd be fun to rank them all, now that I've read Lady Susan as well:Charlotte’s first glance told her that Sir Edward’s air was that of a lover. There could be no doubt of his devotion to Clara. How Clara received it was less obvious, but she was inclined to think not very favourably; for though sitting thus apart with him (which probably she might not have been able to prevent, her air was calm and grave." My goal for the summer was to re-read Jane Austen's novels in their entirety. And I'm happy to say, I'm finished. It's been some time since I sat down to read any of her novels. I've probably watched the movies more than I've actually sat down to read them. I know many people do an annual reading of her works. I'm not sure I could do that - but would instead place them into the "read these books at different times of your life" category. At the risk of stating the obvious, considering how some people complained about the size of this book upon receiving it, a collection of seven novels is not meant to be the kind of book to carry around. As a book to enjoy within the comfort of one's home? It's perfect! Pride and Prejudice- Austen is not interested in fleeting moments of heat and sexual lust; she portrays true and lasting romantic attachments, relationships that are strong and real. For her, such things transcend class boundaries, wealth and intelligence. And I enjoyed seeing the characters realise this.
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