PRIDE AND PREJUDICE! It was my third and final book chosen for the Austen in August event hosted by Roof Beam Reader. I finished it on the last day of August, which I was surprised by because I was sure that I wouldn't be able to finish it before the end of the month due to just too much going on in my week. But I did it! I finished it! And I am so glad that I participated in Austen in August this year. I will definitely do it again next year and read the other 3 major novels Miss Austen wrote and maybe even some of her shorter works. I can officially say that I really love Jane Austen's books and she is definitely one of my favorites now more than ever before. And my favorite novel so far is still Pride and Prejudice without a doubt. Having re-read it after reading Mansfield Park and Emma, the story of Elizabeth and Darcy is still my favorite and one that I just love dearly. I can't help it. I am a hopeless romantic at heart and Darcy is just one of those true gentleman that you can't help but love despite knowing he is a fictional character.
I love everything about Pride and Prejudice. The characters. The story. The scenery. Everything. I love being able to sit down and read it over and over again and still find things to love. Like how sweet and sensible Jane is. Or how quiet and forgotten Mary is. Or how dear Elizabeth is to her father. Or how protective Darcy is of those he loves. I love everything that makes up the story that so many have loved for years and years. To me it is one of those stories that I can go back to time and time again and find a place of comfort, a place of rest and a place that reminds one of home (even though my home wasn't dictated by society and marital expectations).
Jane Austen wrote such realistic characters and stories. It's not hard to read them and allow yourself to believe that somehow, somewhere the Bennett family lived and loved exactly the way she said they did. And when the last page leaves you with Darcy and Elizabeth living at Pemberley, you have to pinch yourself awake and remind yourself that you were reading a novel and that real-life is a little different and it's waiting for you to come back to it. But nonetheless, Miss Austen's characters stick with you and you find glimpses of them in the people you live life with. Everyone knows a Bingley or a Wickham or a Jane or a Mrs. Bennett or even a Mr. Collins. That's what Miss Austen did with her characters. She breathed life into them and you can't help but notice them in different people and at different times.
I don't have much more to say about Pride and Prejudice or my love for Miss Jane Austen. I just hope that others will continue to love her in the years to come and that her stories and characters will not soon be forgotten.
I love everything about Pride and Prejudice. The characters. The story. The scenery. Everything. I love being able to sit down and read it over and over again and still find things to love. Like how sweet and sensible Jane is. Or how quiet and forgotten Mary is. Or how dear Elizabeth is to her father. Or how protective Darcy is of those he loves. I love everything that makes up the story that so many have loved for years and years. To me it is one of those stories that I can go back to time and time again and find a place of comfort, a place of rest and a place that reminds one of home (even though my home wasn't dictated by society and marital expectations).
Jane Austen wrote such realistic characters and stories. It's not hard to read them and allow yourself to believe that somehow, somewhere the Bennett family lived and loved exactly the way she said they did. And when the last page leaves you with Darcy and Elizabeth living at Pemberley, you have to pinch yourself awake and remind yourself that you were reading a novel and that real-life is a little different and it's waiting for you to come back to it. But nonetheless, Miss Austen's characters stick with you and you find glimpses of them in the people you live life with. Everyone knows a Bingley or a Wickham or a Jane or a Mrs. Bennett or even a Mr. Collins. That's what Miss Austen did with her characters. She breathed life into them and you can't help but notice them in different people and at different times.
I don't have much more to say about Pride and Prejudice or my love for Miss Jane Austen. I just hope that others will continue to love her in the years to come and that her stories and characters will not soon be forgotten.
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