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novelist jane austen was born in 1775 in hampshire in england and was the daughter of a rector whose family was well connected but not wealthy according to the introduction to my copy of

pride

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prejudice

from the which I'll talk about in a minute when he was 19 years old he had written the first version of his novel Sense and Sensibility and the following year he had written the first version of Pride and Prejudice, which is perhaps his most famous novel today. At the time she was writing these novels, her father had died and she and her mother had moved to a house in Chattan that was owned by one of her brothers and that house is still standing today and is open to the public as a Jane Austen Museum. and i will leave a link for that below in the comments section for you sense and sensibility was finally published in 1811 and after that austin published novels at a rate of about one a year until his death in 1817, he was only 41 years old. she wrote six novels in total, but they were all published anonymously during her lifetime and, in fact, again in this copy I have there is a facsimile of the original cover and she is on the list, it is simply said by the author of sense and sensibility , so it was not until after his death, when his last novels were published posthumously, that his brother Henry published his name as the author of these novels that were already popular at that time.

I think that's one of the reasons this novel has stood the test of time. to make it into movies, spin-off

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s, and stage productions is that it has a very recognizable plot even today, so the romantic story arc is recognizable to us from rom-coms and romance novels, and Austin certainly had something that do with sets the standard for that, but I think it makes the book absolutely readable today, for that reason I had also forgotten until I reread it recently that it is a really funny book, there are many laugh out loud moments, particularly in the interactions between Mr. and Mrs. bennett the parents of the main character elizabeth bennett, so don't be surprised or think you are

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wrong if you find something funny in this novel for those of you who have never read Pride and Prejudice before, as I always do when I read.

I'm talking about classics. I want to give you some

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for reading this novel from the early 19th century. The first is not to be intimidated by her. Some people feel that if something is a classic it must be difficult, but pride and prejudice is not. It's a difficult book to read, so go in expecting to read it and just enjoy the read. You may come across some places where 19th century language slows you down a bit, so be prepared to be slowed down. I discovered that there were points. where the dialogue was a little dense and I had to stop and pay attention.

Austin is giving the theme to him through some of the characters' dialogue, since when you read a classic you really want to pay attention to the edition you're in. reading and the reason for this is that these older books are not copyrighted, so any publisher who wants to make money and knows they can sell copies of Pride and Prejudice can make an edition and publish it in the bookstore, but not all the editions are created the same way, so this is a Penguin Classics edition which is a good brand to look for in the modern library, there is another Oxford is good, the Longman cultural series is good, what you will find in these copies is that there tends to be a kind of academic introduction that gives you some background and this one also has an essay at the end, it will have footnotes to help you so that when you come across some cultural reference that you're not sure about If you want I can go back and look for it.

In fact, I didn't even do that in this reading. I just let those things pass quickly, but I knew I could look them back in the notes if I wanted to get an idea. A deeper reading of it, this copy also explains that you know that there are usually different versions of the text of an ancient book like this, so decisions must be made about what gets printed and this particular edition, it says, is based in the text of the first edition, obviously. Typos and grammar and punctuation errors have been corrected, but no attempt has been made to standardize or modernize the text, which is really helpful to know because some of those choices may be made differently in different editions, so please understand that has a few options and it's always best to choose one of those trusty editions when you're reading a classic.

I consulted my daughter, who along with her friends have pretty strong opinions about the movies and the book. I haven't seen any films in a long time, so His recommendation, which I will pass on to you, is that the 1995 BBC series, which consists of six episodes with Colin Firth, playing the role of Mr. Darcy, is very faithful to the novel, but perhaps not as real or as animated as the 2005 film in which he stars. Keira Knightley is Elizabeth Bennett, so the movies, as well as the different editions of the books, will present the story differently and you will want to read the book for yourself, draw your own conclusions and have your own experience and then go out and watch the movie.

For fun, above all, just enjoy reading this great classic novel by Jane Austen. It's a fun summer read because it's pretty easy to read as far as the classics go and then you can add the movie at the end and watch it with your book club. Also, if you like what you're seeing here, subscribe and I'll be back soon with another episode of

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