(We know today is a sad day in some parts of Janeiteville, but we prefer to let other pens dwell on misery.)
Welcome to another edition of Friday Bookblogging, in which we discuss Jane Austen’s novels and related topics.
Scathing Book Reviews collects some, er, scathing book reviews of Pride and Prejudice from Amazon. Most of them seem to be from people who were forced! forced! to read it in school, clearly cruel and unusual punishment.
This story was written in the early Victorian era, and hence it is quite old. We need to move on from the old ‘classics’. They mean nothing to readers (are there many left?) of the modern society.
Early Victorian era. Elvis wept. But, in future, they might find the bluffer’s guide useful when it becomes clear that they should have paid more attention in English class.
I once confessed to not knowing what Pride And Prejudice was about (now I’ve seen the film so I know) and the person I was chatting to reacted as though I’d punched her.
Bookcrossing hits Ireland:
Grace Wynne-Jones on a craze that could make a copy of Sense and Sensibility mellow out in California and then have it fly off to Florence, having been found in a phone booth in Prague. Wonder what Jane Austen would make of that?
She probably would have thought it the ultimate circulating-library!
That’s it for another edition of Friday Bookblogging, Gentle Readers. Until next time, always remember: Books Are Nice!
