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[themeletor]

My drive-by reaction to Persuasion:

Sam West's Mr Elliot is too loveable. Not scammy enough, really.
Also, he does this thing. This eye thing. This... intense thing. It's just ... a thing. And it makes me afraid my mini tv is going to combust. Wtf, he makes Jane Austen dialogue rawr. How does that happen?

Also wtf, she's (Anne) hanging out on his (Wentworth) boat? Since when? Did I miss this in my two readings? Makes no sense.
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Now, I write. Austen-y boat stuff. Mwahah.

Then I read, because I'm on page, like, three-oh-something and freaking out. Why must life continually interrupt my escapist bliss?

Comments

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

Agreed, Pride and Prejudice is definitely Jane at the top of her game. My first Austen novel, personally, was Sense and Sensibility, and I found that one pretty easy as an intro, esp. since the sisterly relationship is so strong and the characters so clear. P&P is way up on the 'comedy of manners', and while it's fabulous it's, dare I say, a bit of a doorstop to start with from the reading end. Sense and Sensibility I think you'd like, actually. Either that or Mansfield Park, which is more 'fun', and shorter, than her other novels. But MF isn't so much the Austen feel, imvho. Last of all, I should probably also say that Persuasion is not a very Jane-y book either. It was her last completed one, so she was... not getting lax, not at all, but sort of... reevaluating her priorities, and making more stands for and against social custom. She was also making a point about the war boys coming back home, and the difficulties there, from all sides.

So, in short, I'd venture to say give Sense and Sensibility a go, for reading, and agree with gryphons_lair that Pride and Prejudice is a great example for viewing.

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