Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

[lantairvlea]

I finished "Pride and Prejudice" the last couple days. I liked it much better than "Sense and Sensibility." Things feel like they actually happened and there was much more character development going on. I looked up the dates and "Pride and Prejudice" was published two years later. Even as I listened to it, it did feel like a more mature book in the writing style.

There were better descriptions for the settings, still not fully realized and you can tell the people and their actions were more important than the places, but there was a slightly better sense of place.

There were several parts that were quite amusing listening (audio book) to the characters interacting and reading between the lines of their actions and words as the scene unfolded. That's good writing and characterization.

Next up is "Mansfield Park." I have 53 hours left of the 86 hour audiobook collection. I'm actually pretty surprised I managed to finish this last book during my week off.

Sunday it rained pretty much all day and totaled just shy of a full inch. The horses are, once again, filthy bog ponies. I ended up cancelling the two lessons I had scheduled for this afternoon. A combination of everything still being muddy and me not really wanting to ...

We took down some of the Christmas stuff. The tree and outside lights are still up, but we'll be waiting for it to be less muddy to pull down the outside lights.

This last week I updated all of the documents and printed fresh copy for Forged by Fire. I gave Fire Forged Key its own notebook. I don't have enough room in the Lemy'es one anymore for it since it is over 225 pages and DotF is over 100 itself.

Tomorrow it's back to the grind. I love my job, but I could use more time to decompress and chill and enjoy my family and herd.

Comments

[madman101.livejournal.com]

I did notice a dif between the two, as well. I think I read P&P first, and so was mainly happy just to be reading more Austin when I read S&S next. I think I found the latter to be a bit more feminine - ? - and the former to be more dramatic, like Wuthering Heights, or something.

Mud is probably a good thing, where you live.

[lantairvlea.livejournal.com]

S&S felt more reserved, which I'm not sure is an entirely feminine trait, but it was certainly less dramatic than P&P. Less happens, both in physical action and character development.

Moisture is a good thing, but mud is always a bit obnoxious regardless of location.