I’m reading “Pride and prejudice” and I’m strangely enjoying it. I like the characters and the story, I’m really hooked with the book, but I don’t really know why it is so interesting and how Austen makes me feel interested in a book that, maybe just in the surface, is so mundane.
In the past, I also read “Sense and sensibility” for University and I also enjoyed it very much.
How do you think Austen makes this? How does she make a realistic and simple book so interesting in its story and its characters?
She’s capable of sketching ideal characters that we all know do not exist in life. She also alludes to the gossipy nature of people and domestic cozy living. Many women gravitate towards that. Love and opportune marriage with rich husbands and damsels in distress–it’s the epiphany of female love fantasy, conveniently set in an appealing era. Her ability to illustrate Victorian mannerism is also very endearing to read.
Regency Era, not Victorian. Victorian era starts in 1837. Austin died in 1817.
I stand corrected. You’re right. I’m wrong. It’s been a while since I studied literature 🙂 Corrected it.
lol People are so quick to draw faults here. I feel now every time I comment, I’m walking on eggshells.