Watching Pride & Prejudice tonight...

This is so cool!

I just started reading a Pride & Prejudice knock-off and along comes the movie again to watch on TV.

So at next month's check-in, I'll have this movie to report, as well...

I Finished Pride and Prejudice!

Plodding Along

Pride and Prejudice took me a lot longer than I expected!! Because of some of the differences in word usage back then, when it was written, I found I read it much more slowly than I usually do when reading a novel. And I often had to re-read, realizing that I hadn't fully comprehended what I had just read.

I hope I get used to the language and writing style as I read more of her books.

My Favorite Parts

There were four parts of the book that were my favorites! ...

(1) When Charlotte foreshadowed the problem Darcy had with Jane, that she didn't evidence her feelings for Bingley. She predicted that it could be a problem because Jane had a tendency not to reveal her emotions.

"It is sometimes a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and it will then be but poor consolation to believe the world equally in the dark." ~~Pride & Prejudice

(2) When Darcy admitted his feelings for Elizabeth by carefully detailing all the reasons he shouldn't love her and then, confessed that despite his struggle and effort, he'd been unable to avoid falling for her.

"In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." ~~Pride & Prejudice

(3) When Elizabeth found out that it was Darcy who stepped in to help clean up the mess Wickham created. And I particularly love her aunt's hinting at the end of her letter.

"He wants nothing but a little more liveliness, and that, if he marry prudently, his wife may teach him. I thought him very sly; -- he hardly ever mentioned your name. But slyness seems the fashion." ~~Pride & Prejudice

(4) When Darcy shows up at the end to proclaim his love for Elizabeth. I loved the way you could feel the love between them even when they weren't saying it! And it amused me that her father expressed the shock they all are feeling -- they thought she despised him and now she's saying she loves him and wants to marry him!

"Her father was walking about the room, looking grave and anxious. 'Lizzy,' said he, 'what are you doing? Are you out of your senses, to ve accepting this man? Have not you always hated him?'" ~~Pride & Prejudice

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.