And so concludes my Great Austen Re-Read of (Mostly) 2016. This will be my last review in this format for a while, so I’ll try to make it good. This is the seventh in my series of classic book reviews wherein I write them in the form of letters to the characters. I tried to read all of Jane Austen’s books in 2016, and only missed by one. But reading Persuasion is as good a start to 2017 as I can think of, so perhaps ’tis a happy accident (she says only […]
“I don’t trust unfinished novels.” – vel veeter (me)
Sanditon - The Watsons - Lady Susan by Jane Austen
I would say there’s a reason why novels go unfinished, and the obvious reason is that the person dies. And here we are! Sanditon In this collection, which I will separate out, we have two unfinished novels and one short novel by Jane Austen. For the most part, I don’t know what to tell you. I will explain why I don’t trust unfinished novels. Well, because they weren’t finished. So any take we have on them is necessarily partial, incomplete, and somewhat uninformed. But Jane […]
If a book is well written, I always find it too short.
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Note: Did you know that they made one of these without the sea monsters? By the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I apparently have cultivated a reputation with my girlfriend that I don’t like Jane Austen novels. But really, I do. I just happen find them a little tasking when I am starting out, just like I do with anything that is more than 100 or so years old. I just have to work at them a little more than others. It didn’t […]
Sense and sensibility
Sense and sensibility is one of those books that I always felt was better in cinematic portrayal than in actual reading. After my latest reading I’m not so sure. As we all know the tale focuses on two sisters, Elinor and Marianne as they navigate poverty as a result of losing their father and the customs of 1800’s England being shite, basically. The book seems to imply that the eldest sister embodies Sense, she values good judgement and careful actions. Marianne on the other hand […]
Dear Fake Character People: An Open Letter to (most of) the Characters in Northanger Abbey
This is the sixth in my series of posts wherein I write reviews for classic books in the form of letters to the characters. I’m re-reading all of Jane Austen’s books in 2016, and now I’m almost to the end. I was originally supposed to read Northanger Abbey in September, but due to the I’m sure hilarious from afar neverending comedy of errors that is my life right now, I didn’t get to it until October, and pushed writing the review until the last possible minute. Anyways, I’d […]
Catherine Morland Seeks Her Own Gothic Novel
I’ve been pretty open about the idea that comics are still a reading stumbling block for me. My friend Alison loves comics so whenever she comes across something she thinks might do the trick for me, she makes sure to get it into my hands. I sometimes decline her suggestions due to time limitations, but I always try to see what she’s offering. A couple weeks ago she handed me Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey in comic form, and there was no way I wasn’t going […]
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