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I can't remeber how long I read it for... I don't count the days/weeks. 2 weeks?
The book is usually not split in volumes, but maybe you are reading a very much older edition. In the 19th century they tended to split short books into volumes too.
Indeed, one of the pairs is CB, but I won't tell you which. :D
Oooh, that makes it exciting. I'm reading the Oxford Classics edition.
I've just gone past the part where Marianne recieves the final letter from Willoughby, and I'm astounded that he was already engaged, because I was sure he reciprocated her love. Anyhow, how long til I found out who CB is gonna pair up with? And is Miss Grey the "young fashionable" woman that Willoughby was with when he was impolite to Marianne?
Willoughby was not already engaged... But you'll find out on the Palmers' estate. Anyway, it is miss Grey who is the fashionable lady. Something about Willoughby will become clear in the near future. It also involves Colonel Brandon... That is what I can reveal without really spoiling it.
It should slowly become clear who is going to marry Marian... He had always admired Marian from a distance, and is still doing it.
Oops, forgot CB...
And who is Colonel Brandon going to go for? She is there all the while too... But they haven't noticed each other yet. Although they have, maybe, just not in that way...
Oh, I'm guessing Marianne and Colonel Brandon then...
I can't wait to read more, which I will be doing in a little while.
How many hours a day do you read?
I don't get how Willoughby is not engaged, when in his letter he says he is.
He wasn't engaged to her when he was flirting with Marianne, but got engaged to her later. :)
That's what it is, Mona Amon. I wanted to keep it quiet because it is the revelation in the end... But never mind, it's out now. Willoughby got engaged in London, before Marian arrived, I suppose. For the reason behind it you'll have to wait.
@aamir:
I don't know how long I read a day. Whenever I feel like it. So some books only take three days to a week because I'm so interested I can't put it down and some last ages because they are not very interesting and I have to remind myself to read. The Picture of Dorian Gray was one, although it was a re-read and I rarely re-read, so that could have been the problem (I know too well what happens so it is hardly interesting). It took a month and it is shorter than P&P. I am now having problems with Eliot's Mill on the Floss. Wutherig Heights went like a storm (what's in a name :D). Ivanhoe started off slowly (style takes getting used to), but moved then anyway. It depends. Persuasion is my record at three days.
Oh, yes, if you need some explanation (after you have read the whole thing because there are spoilers over there not signlaed) on the background of Austen's books and one work in particular (like marriages and dowries and that kind of thing), go to www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janewrit.html. They have a lot of inside info that is really interesting if you are into it.
Oh dear, I didn't realize I was making an important revelation! :D
It's a while since I read it, and I'm now re-reading, and about half way through. I remember so little it seems almost like I'm reading for the first time.
Wow, I can't believe that happens. I can't wait to get to that part in the end. So did Willoughby know Miss Grey when he was flirting with Marianne? And by the way, do we ever find out why he left Barton Park? Just a yes or no will suffice, not another spoiler, or there'll be no point in me reading the book :D
@Mona Amon:
No problem, the thing is, it's not really a spoiler becaue he is engaged now anyway... But, it does give a little bit away of what he's going totell later...
@Aamir:
We will know why Willoughby left so suddenly. He did not know Miss Grey when he was courting Marianne, but that has to do with his leaving.
There is always a point in reading a book, even if you know what happens in the end. You don't knw how it happens, so actually, by knowing the fact, you don't have the feelings that are associated with it. (that is at least how I see it). More important is what is happening now to Marianne and Elinor inside... And that you do not know yet :)
Haha, I like your subtle answers!
I didn't manage to read any of the book yesterday, but I am going to try and make up for that by spending my time wisely today.
Okay, so I'm on page 180 or something, and Elinor and Lucy have just seen Mrs Ferrars, and there was an awkward moment between Edward, Lucy, Marianne, and Elinor when they were on their own. That's where I'm up to. Mrs Ferrars is a bizarre character!
Yes, horribly conceited isn't she. So is her daughter (Mrs Dashwood).
And nice, isn't it, how the Dashwods do not invite Elinor and Marianne at first? I find that really...
Anyway, Mrs Ferrars is important.
Yup, she is.
I've just finished the second volume now, and I didn't really get the ending. I don't understand if the Dashwoods have been invited to Charlotte's or not, because Mrs John Dashwood invited the Steeles instead....
I don't think they did invite the Dashwoods out of contempt I think. They invited the Steeles because they were close to the Dashwoods, but not quite the Dashwoods. But that friendship will prove a mistake. I'll leave you to the great problems that are going to occur in the near future...
I really didn't understand any of the above post, sorry.
Could you explain?