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I’m 30 years old, female, from Mexico. I’ve been a DailyLit member since August 27, 2010. My reading interests include Spirituality, Science-Fiction, and Classics.
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Help - Pride and Prejudice: I just don't get it!
Hello, help needed. I read Pride and Prejudice a while ago, and I enjoyed it, but I still can't understand its fantastic reputation. I thought it was cute, but I didn't feel as passionate about it like A LOT of people do. Am I missing something? I read Austen's biography and anything related to the times to understand the background in which it was written, but still...
On the other hand, I fell deeply in love wtih Jane Eyre and all its characters, which I couldn't bring myself to do in Austen's novel.
Everything Mr. Darcy does in the book is adorable, but I can't find a single moment where Elizabeth Bennet was actually deserving of such attentions, so it was kind of love-at-first sight/infatuation love for me and that turned me off. Again, maybe I missed something.
I am tempted to read "Persuasion", but I don't want to be disapponted, for Pride and Prejudice seems to be regarded as the best work of Austen.
Ideas, suggestions will be kindly appreciated.
Reader Challenges - Drip, drip, drip...
I just remembered this one anecdote from when I was about 7 years old. I was in a pool, knew how to swim, but my mother made me put on a pair of arm-floats. Playing later on, I put them in my feet, and of course, in a second I was hanging upside down deep in the water.
For the strangest seconds in my life, I felt that I could actually breath underwater. I remember staring the the floating legs far from me and wondering why I wasn't out of breath yet. I was so excited that I wanted to go on like this. But then fear creeped in: what if I really needed air and wasn't able to take the floats off my feet on time? I took them off swiftly and swam to the steps of the pool. Sitting there, I wondered about it, but didn't have the courage to try it again. Now I wished I had stayed there longer.
Question of the Week - DailyLit is...
my connection to my most beloved, and much abandoned, hobby: reading.
Thanks to this site, I have my "forced" daily reading that allows me to read the books I so long complained about not having time for. Thanks to everyone involved in this project.