Hey Gals! February's Book Club is going to be Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen!! It's one of my favorite books- and a romance is perfect for February as well! Five copies will be on hold under my name at the Herriman Library. Here's a brief synopsis:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues. Renowned literary critic and historian George Saintsbury in 1894 declared it the "most perfect, the most characteristic, the most eminently quintessential of its author's works," and Eudora Welty in the twentieth century described it as "irresistible and as nearly flawless as any fiction could be."
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues. Renowned literary critic and historian George Saintsbury in 1894 declared it the "most perfect, the most characteristic, the most eminently quintessential of its author's works," and Eudora Welty in the twentieth century described it as "irresistible and as nearly flawless as any fiction could be."
Be brave, girls. The language in this book is 18th century England; but will put a smile on your face.
Mr. Darcy, "She is tolerable, but not handsome enougth ot tempt me; I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men." So he says about Elizabeth; who in my mind is the best heroine ever written.
"Read it, I know you'll love it." -Kathleen Kelly- "You've Got Mail."
So we'll read this wonderful book- all 320 pages, and then we'll answer this age old question:
"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life." Charlotte says.
True? Or not? How long did you date your spouse? Let's have some fun reviewing this book with some delicious cupcakes from The Sweet Tooth Fairy.
See you on Wednesday, February 23 at 7 p.m. My House. -Amanda
