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This section of The Lit blog is where I like to talk about what I am currently reading; it is a separate section than Book Club - I do not follow any deadline, and read this book by myself. This space is pretty much just some thoughts that I have, so come and look at what is going on in my mind.
I am currently rereading Jane Austen's, Pride and Prejudice. I have read this book over and over again since grade 2, it is an absolute favourite of mine. If you have never hear d of this book, I don't know if we can be friends. Kidding... Somewhat.
This book is a classic. Jane Austen wrote it in the early 18th century. It follows the narrative of a young woman, Elizabeth Bennet in England during the Napoleonic Wars time period (mid 1700s to early 1800s). This protagonist is a bit stubborn, sarcastic, independent, insightful and wonderfully witty - pretty much everything I like to think that I am. Anyway, she is one of five sisters and her mother is this neurotic woman that is hellbent on finding husbands for all of her daughters as soon as possible. It follows Elizabeth's awkward love life with an eloquent execution.
There has been a few movie adaptations of the book but none do the book true justice (as one of my posts state that no book-movie ever does).
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Some quotes from the book are:
“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
“What are men to rocks and mountains?”
“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. As a child I was taught what was right, but I was not taught to correct my temper. I was given good principles, but left to follow them in pride and conceit. Unfortunately an only son (for many years an only child), I was spoilt by my parents, who, though good themselves (my father, particularly, all that was benevolent and amiable), allowed, encouraged, almost taught me to be selfish and overbearing; to care for none beyond my own family circle; to think meanly of all the rest of the world; to wish at least to think meanly of their sense and worth compared with my own. Such I was, from eight to eight and twenty; and such I might still have been but for you, dearest, loveliest Elizabeth! What do I not owe you! You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. By you, I was properly humbled. I came to you without a doubt of my reception. You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.”
With lovely quotes like these and so many more, I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves a good classic, humour and romance.
