Okay, I wasn't going to read this book, but I changed my mind. I am still on like page 80, but I hope to have it done by the weekend. It isn't that bad, but I will keep my full opinions until I am done :P
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Okay, I wasn't going to read this book, but I changed my mind. I am still on like page 80, but I hope to have it done by the weekend. It isn't that bad, but I will keep my full opinions until I am done :P
ok, this makes two of us now... it is little difficult for me to read, cause I am moving. but I will do some reading this weekend..
you know what I noticed? there was the emphasis put on the officers - soldiers or whomever they might be... some sort of obsession by young ladies. This also remained the same, cause nowadays ladies are also attracted to "men-in-uniforms" ( :brow: ) so this book is pretty much about present time. with only one exception. It was "in" to speak like they did that time... and it is "in" to just think the way they were thinking that time. no matter how hard we might try, parents are always thinking about marrying their loving children.... :nod:
I made it to like page 200 now, and as of right now I have no major complaints about the novel, which shocks me. I don't do the classical romance well. lol It is strange to see how far and how little we have come in roughly 200 years.
oh yep, tell me about it. my parents do not talk about nothing else than marrying me... and the sentence used yesterday "what about just to get engaged" brought me with smile to this book.... exactly the same... hihi as we see, values did not change and the dress is coming back again..
Okay, I am done book now, now what?
i believe that now would be a good time to give your opinion on the work, Kiwi. i must admit that i am still only half way through the book, as moving has kept me busy the last few weeks. however, now that i am mostly settled in our new home, i am ready to pick it up and burn off the rest. i have to say that i am not totally thrilled with the story, i am finding the women too fickle and the men just unrealistic, although that may be just a symptom of being disconnected with the social expectations of past eras. regardless, i will finish the darned thing. off i go!
The only thing that comes to mind about the book was that it was a "charming " read.
I agree with you VBM, the book just didn't seem realistic to me. I mean, are people really like that? I did like Elizabeth and Darcy, though, to some extent. They are quite different than the rest of the characters in the novel. I mean, some of the things Elizabeth says are shocking after reading the dull chatter of the other women in the book. I really don't know whether I liked the book or hated it.
believe me that that book is very realistic. those characters really live...I know some of them personally, only the names and the date of birth (at least I hope) changed hihi The reading is rather, well not really negative and not very positive... I mean I read books that I "ate" in few hours, or days... this one is taking me three weeks already... but as I was also moving as VBM (so how is it? mine is fine... not 100% settled, but bed is there hihi) it is understandable... I would like to finish it soon. and then I will give you my final opinion.
I agree with Evulik, some of the characters in the book remind me of people I know.
I meant unrealistic in more the sense that there is always a happy ending. Life is not that perfect
You have a point there Kiwi, at least for the main characters. Mr Bennet, Charlotte, and Lydia all had crappy marriages.
(Hello, I'm new. I'm very much enjoying this site and wanted to join so I jumped right in but please understand my English. *not good at it* I wanted to post something and luckily I've read this book.)
I liked it.
Jane Austen definetely has talents that can see through people and she writes about essential issues with her own wit.
Her characters are (somewhat) stereotype yet many readers like them and I think it's because we can find that there're somethings in common btw people of 18c and contemporaries.
For me, she's one of the few great women authors. Her other works: "Sense and Sensibilty"and "Emma" are also worth reading. And maybe it will be nice to appreciate these three books in movies. Since it's so much for visual, this time focusing on ladies genteel dresses and the like.
Thank you.
Yeah, you're right, but they had the potential for better marriages. All three of those marriages occured so as to have a marriage and not take the chance that another person wouldn't ask them. If another person would have, it probably would have been the "Cinderella" stories all over again. And, even though they were not the best marriages, they added character. Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet had the discussions, Lydia had the scandal, and Charlotte had the comfort of knowing she was taken care of. I suppose that Austen wanted to add realistic views to the world, amidst her fairy tale endings.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Austen's tone wasn't harsh to deflate the pompous, it exudes naturally by the characters conversation. But we can't help but accepting that there's historical boundary(after all, good marriage is the only way women can be happy and something like that) even for Austen who awares of that limit.
(am I going the right direction? please let me know if i'm off track.)
Thank you.