Now Reading: Pride and Prejudice

I decided to go ahead and get the book (Pride and Prejudice) now while the movie is still fresh in my mind. However, it's the first Jane Austen book I have read and I am finding I have to read it slowly. And sometimes, re-read a sentence or two.

I like it, though! I find myself laughing in certain places that weren't as amusing in the movie.

And I love the opening quote...

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters."

I think my next book will be First Impressions, which asks and answers the question of what would have happened if Darcy had never said such unkind words about Elizabeth and instead, Darcy and Elizabeth had danced together.



Anyone want to read it with me? Sounds interesting, doesn't it? After First Impressions, I think I will read Mr. Darcy's Little Sister , based on Kelly Yanke Deltener's review.



Which one are you reading?

Pride and Prejudice: The Movie

I watched Pride and Prejudice tonight and cannot believe the wonderful ending! Are there other Jane Austen stories that end so well? I confess that I almost held my breath during some of the scenes and hardly moved for the entire two-and-a-half hours.

When it was over, just like a really good book, I was loathe to let it go! In fact, perhaps, now, I should read the book, now that I know it is safe.

Having seen Sense and Sensibility, but not read any of the books or seen any other movies, except Becoming Jane, I must admit, I was prepared for nothing to go well for the any of the primary characters in the Bennett family.

I half expected the movie to end with nearly all their hearts broken!

When Darcy redeemed himself and began to make such grand kind gestures on Elizabeth’s behalf, I was happy that things were working out for those Bennett sisters, but still suspected that somehow, Darcy and Lizzie would be kept apart.

So what a delight at the end to see that they would get to be together!

Did anyone else watch it? What did you think?

I am about to go order the book now, I think, and will start reading it next week. I hadn't intended to start with that book but it makes sense now that I've watched the movie.