Pride and Prejudice

I must say, going in I was prejudiced against P&P... this is what happens when ten year olds try reading Jane Austen... it just doesn't end well - it can turn you off for life. However I was willing to give her another shot as my BF loved her and he though I would enjoy her books. I thought we needed more things to talk about so I picked up P& P and Sense and Sensibility lol. Shortly thereafter a book club formed where P&P made the list.


As it turns out, my BF and I really didn't have enough to talk about and so he has moved back into the friend sphere. But I still had to read Pride and Prejudice. I will admit, when I took the book on the subway with me it was less of accomplishing our literary task and more of just wanting to try and win my boy back. But I soon found myself forgetting about both as I dived headfirst into the lives of the Bennetts. It was with the first chapter that I realized that P&P was not the book from my youth which had made me run away from Austen for years. In fact it was quite enjoyable.

I’ll be honest. I did not go 12 years without giving Austen another shot. I did purchase Persuasion a few years ago and mildly enjoyed it on my daily treks to work, unfortunately before I could get well into the book it mysteriously disappeared due to a change of address.

Regardless of my short journey through persuasion I find myself desperately wanting to go further into P&P - even though I know exactly what happens thanks to one Miss Kiera Knightly.
Unfortunately I will never know now if it is Jane Austen's writing that keeps me reading the book or my previous obsession with the story brought on by one Mr. Matthew Macfadyen.
Either way, I foresee a lovely evening of romance awaiting me on my subway ride home- and hopefully for the remainder of the evening.