The Year of Jane Austen, Part II
Okay, Jane Austen fans, March is here and so is the second installment of the reading schedule. So today I will begin reading Sense and Sensibility. So go to your private library, your public library, or your local book store and get you a copy because the reading starts now.
Ready?
Go!
For those interested, when I am done reading this book, I will watch the BBC (2008) mini-series Sense and Sensibility, not the version with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. I have never seen the BBC version, but I understand it is a bit different and quite good. Happy reading, everyone!
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1 Mar 2010 12:43 pmcategories: Entertainment | Books
Already?
Why did I say I would do this?
It's good reading, Dubya. Plus, you can finally say you read all the Austen books by the end of this year. It is a worthy accomplishment. Stick with me, buddy. Doing this alone would be no fun.
I'm not going to read S&S, because I did just a year and a half ago. So I posted a chunk of my old writeup on the book club site: http://drama.abinadi.net/blog/entry/5
In short, it is definitely not Austen's best novel, but I still kind of love it.
It's a great idea to read these in order of writing, el Seco, because you can see how she progressed with time and experience.
I read S&S about a year ago as well. I love it.
The first time I read it, I didn't love it; I thought it was incredibly boring--as opposed to the Emma Thompson movie, which is probably the best movie ever made. The newer miniseries is good, and I like it a lot, but it's not the best movie ever made.