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In February, I read Sense and Sensibility. Once again this was my first time reading this novel and I loved it so much. Marianne and Elinor were delightful protagonists and I loved their dynamic so much. Willoughby is forever the worst and I hate him. He's just absolutely despicable. I loved how adorably awkward Edward was and I really liked Colonel Brandon. I just found everything about this book to be delightful and honestly relatable. An unlikely fave, since most people would put this book at the bottom of their lists, but it has always been a favorite of mine. Fanny Price will always have a special place in my heart. In my opinion, she is one of the few introverted (not shy!) characters that have ever been authentically written. I could see a lot of myself in her and her need to not be around people. I also loved that it is more of a bildungsroman as opposed to a proper love story. One wishes she had had time to write it up as she did others; here is an outline written in her green years. Mansfield Park- What can I say? The only Austen I didn’t give five stars. It was just boring with an absent protagonist. I was glad to finish it. In May, I read (or I should say reread) Emma. Emma is the one that was the freshest in my mind since I read it for the first time at the end of last year. Emma is such a frustrating character, but I always find the dynamic between her and Harriet to be very interesting. I also love Mr. Knightley. He's definitely one of my absolute favorite Austen heroes. I do really enjoy watching Emma's growth throughout the novel though and it's fun to see all the trouble she gets into, even if it's also insanely frustrating. This time I noticed the mentions of the age gap between Emma and Knightley a lot more and I just didn't like that much. I love the ending of Emma a lot and getting to see her and Knightley post-engagement is just a delight. Definitely one I have mixed feelings on, but so enjoyable to read regardless.
Later, it's the young Sir Edward Denham, handsome, and flattering in his attentions to the visitor Miss Charlotte Haywood, who is subject of the author's scrutiny. Austen lived her entire life as part of a close-knit family located on the lower fringes of the English landed gentry. She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers as well as through her own reading. The steadfast support of her family was critical to her development as a professional writer. Her artistic apprenticeship lasted from her teenage years until she was about 35 years old. During this period, she experimented with various literary forms, including the epistolary novel which she tried then abandoned, and wrote and extensively revised three major novels and began a fourth. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon, but died before completing it. The Complete Illustrated Novels of Jane Austen (Volume 1) includes the books; Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Persuasion. I have always been curious about the works of Jane Austen and have been recommended her by numerous people. I began this book with very high expectations as I know that they are all classics and are loved by many. But I have so many more books I want to read/listen to that this just isn’t going to happen any time soon. And I need to admit defeat!!! I’m not going to lie, I saw the movie before I read the book. I know that this is a major don’t, but I can’t do anything about it now. Anyways, I though both were fantastic. The best part about seeing the movie before reading the book was that I wasn’t let down by it, I liked it even more. Usually movies leave plenty of details out, which Pride and Prejudice didn’t escape from, and you’re let down due to reading the book first. In my case, I found the book fascinating because I got to know more about the characters and the plot itself.Die 6 Bände sind allesamt sehr lesenswert, sowohl die bekannteren als auch die unbekannteren. Der Inhalt spiegelt die damalige Epoche wider und erzählt in einem unaufgeregten Stil romantische Geschichten von starken Frauen. So, what can I say about Austen that hasn't already been said? What can I say about these novels? I don't feel up to the task of analyzing them individually or in depth, or convincing those who are not yet ardent Jane fans that they should be, although if you are not yet, you SHOULD be. Because Austen's novels are life, or the closest that splotches of ink on paper can come to it. This collection from Everyman’s Library provides the complete works of one of the most popular authors in English literature, including Emma,Mansfield Park,Northanger Abby,Persuasion,Pride and Prejudice,Sandition and Other Stories, and Sense and Sensibility. When I saw this beautiful edition in a bargain section in a bookstore, I just couldn't control myself so I bought it. In my opinion, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Emma, and Mansfield Park are essentially the same book with different characters and settings to protect the innocent and the not so innocent. Northanger Abbey differs from the other five only in the introduction of the main character’s obsession with Gothic novels.
Lo and behold, by some miraculous intervention I was persuaded to try again to see if I could appreciate her work, and this time not just with one novel, but to plough through all her famous books. If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone? Especially Austen, someone who has withstood the test of time and has entered the history books as one of England’s most famous authors. Would it be possible to overcome my prejudice that had become as unrelenting as Miss Elizabeth Bennet’s towards the mysterious Mr. Darcy? Diese außergewöhnliche Schuber beinhaltet die großen Romane von Jane Austen: Stolz und Vorurteil, Emma, Verstand und Gefühl, Überredung, Mansfield Park und Die Abtei von Northanger. When it comes to classics, Jane Austen is one of my favourite authors for reasons too long to share here. Although, on the contrary to the popular opinions, Pride and Prejudice is not my most favourite among all of the seven novels of hers. Sense and Sensibility- Two protagonists for the price of one! I didn’t actually know how this one would end, which kept it interesting. The romances are usually quite predictable. Austen also explores ideas of the picturesque and how higher society often pretend to appreciate what they clearly don’t understand. A sharp piece of writing.Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics.
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