so-soI know I should love this book. It‘s a classic. But to be honest it really didn‘t hold my attention. I read it for book club at the library or I would have DNF‘d it. I think it was the writing style. Maybe. 🤷🏼♀️
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Pride and Prejudice | 
so-soI know I should love this book. It‘s a classic. But to be honest it really didn‘t hold my attention. I read it for book club at the library or I would have DNF‘d it. I think it was the writing style. Maybe. 🤷🏼♀️
“You have bewitched me body and soul and I love- I love- I love you. I never want to be parted from you from this day forward.”
(I didn‘t actually check the quote since it‘s practically drilled in my head, so there might be a mistake)
#Pemberlittens I love when I reach this point in the story! Last line of Volume 2, Chapter 19. And then you turn the page to Volume 3, Chapter 1 and to my favorite part of the book.
Reading a copy that has kept the original 3 Volumes and Chapter numbers instead of modernizing to straightforward 61 Chapters really highlights the 3 different parts.
💙💙💙💙💙
Birthday Presents! 3 new copies of Pride and Prejudice. One 1 bought myself. Floral Chiltern edition I bought with Birthday Gift Card. Peacock Cranford edition was a gift from my UK friend Claire. She also sent tea, biscuits, stamps, bookmark, and the cutest little Jane Austen duckie. 🥳
#57daysoffun #pemberlittens #collectionnotobsession
pickThe journey I had through this book was perfectly agreeable and the most fascinating one. I had gone through every emotion through this book. The anticipation, the anger, the blushing. I love this book and don't ask me how much I am controlling myself to not re-read and move on to next book.
This book written in 1800s is still relevant in today's time. There is still a thinking of class, birth and money above all.
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Nooooooooo!!! The letters in this book should come with a warning.
NOBODY told me it was coming on this page. Ms. Austen, You have no compassion for my poor nerves 🙂
(In my defence, I was not prepared)
How much do you dislike Mr. Collins??
Me: Yes
Do you all know about Nerdy Ink? How did I not know about this publisher???!!!! They just popped up in my Insta feed and now I want ALL the special editions! Especially this series of the Austens. Probably a good thing I don‘t have space to actually collect multiple versions of the same volumes or Jane would become an EXTREMELY expensive hobby for me😂🤣
#ThemedThursday
Thanks for the tag @dabbe ! I know I‘m a day late, but even though the first thing that actually came to mind for #Redemption was Bob Marley, I‘m going with P&P because I think it‘s fascinating that our view of the characters gets redeemed even more dramatically than they actually change over the course of the novel.
pickEver since our #Pemberlittens #HeiressPride read along I‘ve been wanting to reread P&P, and reading it with my #LitsyLoveBookBuddy was the perfect way to revisit this one. Renee, thank you for heading back to Pemberley with me and chatting about all these characters! #EasterOMC
Jane Austen writes my #FavoriteClassic novels. There are an endless number of stunning editions of her work. Lately I‘ve been seeing these online and am obsessed! I‘d so love to own something from this collection ❤️#MarchMagic @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Thanks for the tag @IndoorDame This was so much harder - too many to choose from. But I narrowed it down to Elizabeth Darcy, Jo March and Betsy Ray. Because I love them!
Who else wants to play? #wonderouswednesday
pickThis is my first completed Jane Austen, and I loved it. Lizzie is great fun to read. Darcy‘s rapid change seemed a bit unbelievable to me, but that did not detract from enjoying it. And it may have been more gradual, except that we did not see him while he was going through it, just the results from Lizzie‘s POV.
Before I had tried reading Emma and dnf as I couldn‘t stand her. What Jane Austen would be good to try next since I loved this one?
Starting my P&P reread today from this #SpecialEdition along with my #LitsyLoveBookBuddy @StayCurious #MarchMagic @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Found this gorgeous copy at a used bookstore today! It only cost $15 and ones on Abe Books are going for 200! Half Priced Books is my best friend.
“He began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention.”
My sister came over for a visit, which naturally turned into us fangirling over Pride & Prejudice. Which then led to us making this. #boiledpotatoes
"What a superbly featured room and what excellent boiled potatoes. Many years since I have had such an exemplary vegetable."
Without a doubt, the 1996 BBC adaption of Pride and Prejudice by Andrew Davis featuring Jennifer Ehle and Colon Firth.
#SundayFunday
@ozma.of.oz
A carriage ride and then musical entertainment during tea. It has been lovely. #pemberlittens #janeite Stowe is also a fun town. Some really yummy beer if anyone also is interested in microbrews. Lots of crafts and nature. So many beautiful places to hike and explore if I had more time!
It‘s coming—the free, online convention by and for Jane Austen fans celebrating her life, works, and world through a range of programming events. Presentations can include academic discussions of Austen‘s works, guest author talks, presentations on historical contexts, costuming, film adaptations, fan panels, and more! #virtualjanecon
Schedule here: https://virtualjanecon.com/
Uh oh - my P&P obsession is expanding beyond just pretty new editions and has entered puzzle territory with 2 jigsaw puzzles and a puzzle book. Plus, two new gorgeous editions including the Marjolein Bastin illustrated edition and this version with 19 folded, handwritten letters inserted throughout the text.
Fire Island is out on Hulu!
This is a gay Pride and Prejudice retelling!!
I watched it last night and really loved it.
Margaret Cho plays the Mrs Bennet character 💕
I loved that I could tell who each sister was in the first 5 minutes 😂. It made watching it (and waiting for Whickem) so much fun.
The first line from pride and prejudice (edit), ‘It is truthfully acknowledged that man with a good fortune must have had a wife‘
I‘ve been posting some dark stuff lately, so here is something more cheerful. ❤️
#JaneAusten #love #romance
My fourth re-read of this book and it‘s still as magical as the first time💕
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. I already mentioned this in the review I wrote yesterday, but definitely the humor.
2. Wickham dies at the Battle of New Orleans. Lydia, who insisted on following his regiment to the States, becomes a serving girl at the Old Absinthe House and has many colorful adventures, embodying the egalitarian spirit of the New World as she casts off the shackles of England's class-based society.
Tags all around!
pickJane Austen is funny! "Of course she is, you dumdum, tell us something we don't know," is probably what you're thinking, since it's my impression the average Litten has read each Austen novel several hundred times. But this was my maiden voyage, and I wasn't sure what to expect. My previous verdict on 19th-century English novels was that they were something to be endured and appreciated rather than enjoyed, so I can't express how surprised...?
pickJane Austen is funny! "Of course she is, you dumdum, tell us something we don't know," is probably what you're thinking, since it's my impression the average Litten has read each Austen novel several hundred times. But this was my maiden voyage, and I wasn't sure what to expect. My previous verdict on 19th-century English novels was that they were something to be endured and appreciated rather than enjoyed, so I can't express how surprised...?
pickTagged book was my unexpected best read.
Bailed on Dictionary of Lost Words, sadly.
A good month for reading 😊😋😍😘
(This one is not in the system)
I just realized that I'm getting ready to end this lovely month-long journey on a bit of a downer! I probably should have chosen one that I really liked as the grand finale, but since this one had #walk in the title, I went with it lol
So the main reason I didn't like this one was because it makes Colonel Fitzwilliam into the villain!! I've always had a soft spot for him, so I'm never going to jive with versions ⬇
"We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the 'eclat of a proverb."
Why do I feel like Elizabeth is speaking directly to me here? ?
(This one isn't in the system)
On his way to see the new estate that his friend has leased, Darcy is thrown from his horse and knocked unconscious. Someone finds him and takes him to the closest house, and despite the fact that the Bennets have no idea who this man is, they agree to shelter him while he recovers from his head injury. The doctor tells them that it is unknown whether people in this condition are aware of their surroundings, but ⬇
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
This one isn't in the system - I actually really enjoyed this story that somewhat follows the original, except Elizabeth is writing a novel and is delighted to add what she perceives as idiosyncrasies of her new neighbors into her story. When Darcy insults her, she writes him in as the villain of her tale. But after Lizzy's story is published, she begins to see Darcy in a new light and wonders if her pen was a little too harsh.
My main problem ⬇
(This one isn't in the system.)
If I've learned one thing from reading P&P variations, it's that the Bennet family should never go anywhere together in a carriage! Thompson ruthlessly kills off the whole family except for Jane and Elizabeth in the first chapter. The new heir of Longbourn shows up, except instead of the Collins we know from the original, it's that Collins's dad, who is, naturally, a super creepy dude. Elizabeth overhears a ⬇
It seemed liked #love was a good prompt to take a break from all my P&P variations and go with the original! While Sense & Sensibility will always be my favorite Austen, I really do love P&P so much. So many characters and small threads woven together into a story that well deserves its place on the list of all-time classics. Reading variations, even the terrible ones, is a fun thing to do because I love seeing the “butterfly effect“ of different⬇
