{"id":208,"date":"2017-08-18T10:55:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T14:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=208"},"modified":"2021-03-25T09:39:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T13:39:51","slug":"friday-reads-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/friday-reads-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Reads #5: Pride and Prejudice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome back to another installment of my Friday Reads series, setting you up for a great weekend of reading. If you haven\u2019t already, take a look at last week\u2019s installment on <\/span>Indian Captive<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"PrideJaneites are nothing new. Worldwide, there are innumerable fans of Jane Austen and her works. I wouldn\u2019t necessarily say I\u2019m a <\/span>true<\/span><\/i> Janeite. I haven\u2019t been to bath; don\u2019t know everything about Jane Austen\u2019s life; and haven\u2019t even read all of her works \u2014 I know, bad author. But I have read a couple, including Pride and Prejudice, and I\u2019m certainly a fan of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

I discovered Pride and Prejudice fairly late, in my opinion. Austen wasn’t required reading at my schools, and no one I knew was a Janeite, so I kind of always assumed her books were just romance novels. Yeah, I know, I\u2019m sorry.<\/span><\/p>\n

I no longer recall <\/span>why<\/span><\/i> I decided to read Pride and Prejudice. Perhaps I was on one of my \u201cI need to read the classics\u201d phases. But, I finally did so after moving to Virginia. And, what do you know, I loved it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"PrideIn the handful of years since then, I\u2019ve only read the original book one more time. However, I\u2019ve watched every filmed version I could get my hands on (the Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth version is the best), and I\u2019ve read a metric butt-ton of \u201calternate versions\u201d, \u201cre-writes\u201d, and \u201csequels\u201d (I\u2019ll just call them published fanfiction) ranging from fantastic to horrendous.<\/span><\/p>\n

Clearly, Pride and Prejudice left its mark on me. But why? <\/span><\/p>\n

The love story sucked me in. Let\u2019s be honest. At first read, I\u2019m sure there are <\/span>many<\/span><\/i> of us who would love to have a relationship like the one Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam have at the end of the book. Of course, on further contemplation, it completely falls apart, because us modern women <\/span>would not<\/span><\/i> do well with the expectations of females in the Regency era. But why consider things like facts in our fantasies?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"JenniferThen there\u2019s the lovely, feisty, Elizabeth Bennet who defies convention to forge her own path and follow her heart. She\u2019s learned, self-confident, and possessed of an inner beauty that shines forth so as to make her outwardly beautiful as well. She\u2019s that girl you either love or loathe, and I love her.<\/span><\/p>\n

And, of course, you have Jane\u2019s \u2014 wow, that\u2019s weird to write, better call her Miss Austen \u2014 writing style. Many people have explained it far better than I ever could, but, suffice to say, it\u2019s amazing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since reading Pride and Prejudice for the first time, I\u2019ve learned more about Miss Austen\u2019s writing and life. It\u2019s what comes from reading published fanfiction and various articles and books about her. I\u2019ve learned about the \u201csecret messages\u201d hidden in her writing, and I hope to learn more when I get to <\/span>Jane Austen, the Secret Radical<\/span><\/i><\/a> by Helena Kelly.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s all given me a better appreciation for Miss Austen\u2019s works. They’ve become that much more powerful. And, Pride and Prejudice has become that much better. It\u2019s not \u2018just a romance novel\u2019. It\u2019s so very much more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you read Pride and Prejudice? What about the \u201cpublished fanfiction\u201d? Have you watched any of the video versions of it? Can you quote the opening line of the novel? Leave a comment and let me know. And come back for next week\u2019s installment of Friday Reads for another book that has had a strong impact on me.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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