Pride and Prej
One of my ongoing self-improvement goals is to read more novels. At the moment I’m struggling with the preliminary chapters of Pride and Prejudice. It’s good, but difficult to follow at times (especially when characters are repeatedly referred to by their surnames – there are FIVE Miss Bennetts, which one are you talking about this time?!) and sometimes my concentration span just isn’t up to it. But I am reliably informed by the members of the Book! club at the Panic! at the Disco threads (yes, I am a fan and proud of it, so shut up) that it gets much better after the first 100 pages. I look forward to that. I’m determined to finish this so that I can read The Happy Feminist’s review of Pride and Prej and know what she’s on about. I’m trying to read ten books over the summer – Zadie Smith’s The Autograph Man as well as Harry Potter 7 are top of my list. I shall keep you updated.
Anna said,
June 13, 2007 at 2:17 am
P&P is a great story. Stick with it. For its time, Lizzie is a remarkable female character. After you read it, I’d recommend the Colin Firth film version of P&P. Very well done.
theginjaninja said,
June 13, 2007 at 8:17 am
So I hear. I’ll be anxious to see how the BBC version compares with the recent Kiera Knightley vehicle (I haven’t seen either). And then compare notes with my ex, who thinks Jane Austen is about as classist as they come.