Normally when I have any sort of down time, I'll find a few books I've been meaning to read. This summer, I had a few books picked out...including Pride and Prejudice.
I have been told my several (emphasis on several) people that Jane Austen's work is a MUST read for "every young lady." I began reading a few days after getting home, and I have only read 60 pages. It's practically nil.
Two of the girls I work with asked me how I'm enjoying it. They were actually reading books on dear ol' Mr. Darcy. I explained how not-so-found of it I was so far, and then they were surprised etc etc and then discussed how much they LOVE Jane Austen. Wow.
So my question is... why? Is it the genre that I dislike? The writing isn't bad...
I suppose my main motivation for reading it is because I want to read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Yeah, young ladies novels ftw.
Whatever, I need to give it more of the chance supposedly.
I'm just not used to these stories. The best books I've read recently...
Sherlock Holmes, Volume I
The Invisible Cure: Africa, The West, and the Fight Against AIDS by Helen Epstein
The Woman with a Worm in her Head and other True Stories of Infectious Disease
by Pamela Nagami, M.D.
Those last two were amazing reads, regardless of your interest in medicine or health care.
So anyway, what's the big deal about Pride and Prejudice?
PS- I'm working on coherence. This blog might have been a fail.
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