Hello fellow Classics lovers!
This is Inès again. So today I wanted to start off by saying how excited I was to be visiting the place that is like 'blueprints' on my brain and undoubtedly has given me most of my favourite childhood memories. As some of you may have had lived in different places during childhood like myself, I wanted to relate to you how awesome it felt to be seeing the place in 10 years. I can't exactly find the right word for it because that place is so special to me that made my whole face glow with joy!
Anyways, going back to our main topic, today I want to give you my personal insights to getting into Jane Austen's novels - by the way, there are 6 published novels that are widely distributed in North America and other continents. The most renowned novel is perhaps <<Pride and Prejudice>>, followed by <<Sense and Sensibility>>, <<Emma>> and other novels. In short, here is what she wrote over the course of her life:
Sense and Sensibility (1811)
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
Mansfield Park (1814)
Emma (1815)
Northanger Abbey (1818)
Persuasion (1818)
I've recently finished reading the complete list of these novels - my last one being Persuasion. I began reading Pride and Prejudice when I was fourteen or fifteen, but I think I did not really absorb everything that Jane Austen described in the particular novel the first time I read it. Since English is not my first language, I think I was struggling through her witty, elaborate style of writing (and I may still do!) for the first five times I read it.
Yes, I do love <<Pride and Prejudice>> -Why? -Well, I've learned a great deal about the author's personal life and she portrays herself as the main protagonist - an attractive character, the famous Miss Elizabeth Bennett. Lizzy (Elizabeth's nickname) is an incredibly sensible woman, if I may add. She has dignity and self-confidence and knows how to use them when necessary. Her love of reading, playing piano and strolling are some of many things that I admire about her. Often main characters in the novel end up being someone that you want to become in the future, but yes, she is that kind of character to me.
Here is how I befriended the novel - and I have to say, I read it more than any of the novels I have ever read (and of course, I sometimes skip directly to pages about people getting into fights and other juicy stuff). Everytime I read it, I just love the feeling of being satisfied. I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't had the chance to read it yet (and maybe that is why you are reading my blog to get yourself interested in the novel first!), so I will only add that Jane Austen uses typicial domestic affairs to make a bold statement for herself.
Just a few weeks ago, Indigo (Chapters) slashed the price of many Classic novels to just 5 dollars. Hopefully you can grab one on-the-go and more satisfactorily, choose a Jane Austen novel!
*~*~*~*In the next blog, I will continue with Jane Austen's novels, more in-depth with her other five novels. *~*~*~*
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