Book #19 "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen: "She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man, who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes." (295)
Hmmm where to start?
I love this book I could read it again and again and again, this as a matter of fact is my third time reading it. Each time I do I always tend to pick up on something new, maybe it is the way that Austen wrote with so much little detail that it is easy to find new things with each read. However, I also like to think that it has a good deal to do with the fact that you also tend to pick out things that are more related to what is currently happening in your life.
For example this time around I was thinking even more so on the issue of marriage in the story, before it was all ok they need to get married otherwise they are basically doomed got it, but know when I read it I really thought about how insanely crazy it was back then how their need to marry was so very serious. How unfortunately there wasn't a whole lot of choice to just go off and start your career and support yourself first and then find a man who you actually wanted to marry for the one and only reason of you being in love with each other and not because you needed him to save you and your family from the poor house.
I honest to gosh can not even fathom it.
I understand their need to marry out of necessity but still I can't imagine from the point of view of even a parent of raising my child to basically have the main goal in life to marry well and lots of babies (the babies thing is not touched on in the book, as you probably know, but I know a bit about the time period so my saying that isn't all that far off I'm sure).
I don't know maybe I'm overthinking it all. It just blows my mind. Okay I shall stop with the rant now though and instead leave it just at that I truly love this book there isn't a time when I don't read it and think 'Man, I wish I was Elizabeth!'. But to be honest I think it would be hard to find any girl who has read this that has not at least once wished to be her. So hats off once again to one of the most amazing female writers that there ever was or ever will be, here's to you Jane Austen.
Now as I may or may not have mentioned before we are on a bit of a stretch of classics right now (honestly at least the next 3 out of 4 books I have planed to read I would consider to be well known classics). Now if this is to be a good or bad thing I guess is yet to be seen. On the upside the next two books are on the shorter side! :)
Speaking of up next we have "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. I got to tell you I did something bad that I don't normally do, I started reading the first few pages before I typed this and I got to tell you I got no idea what this book is about (other then a very cynical teenage boy) so far. So yea, lol there is that. Wish me luck?
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
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