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Popsugar 2016 Reading Challenge: A book that's at least 100 years older than you.
You guys. You guys. I can’t believe it never occurred to me that there was a Jane Austen out there and I hadn’t read it. I’m actually pretty sure if not for two things this fabulous little nugget would have gone unread. Thing number one: it’s being adapted for the screen and I saw a preview. Thing number two: I needed something to read that would move quic ...more
Popsugar 2016 Reading Challenge: A book that's at least 100 years older than you.
You guys. You guys. I can’t believe it never occurred to me that there was a Jane Austen out there and I hadn’t read it. I’m actually pretty sure if not for two things this fabulous little nugget would have gone unread. Thing number one: it’s being adapted for the screen and I saw a preview. Thing number two: I needed something to read that would move quic ...more
I have finally read Lady Susan, after having read and reread Austen's other, full length novels over the years, and having recently seen the movie based on this story. I was pleasantly surprised. It is so different in style and subject than her other stories, a biting description of an unscrupulous and manipulative but beautiful and clever woman, and the people in her orbit for a few months. The epistolary format gives a wonderful first hand/ self reported element to each character involved. Few
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It pains me to give Austen a low score, but this story was just so-so. Obviously nothing like her later works. I didn't like that the story was told through correspondence and I couldn't really get into the characters. But it was a humorous, quick read. And someone said it right earlier: this is what you read when you've read everything by Austen already. Good point. Still, for Austen lovers, I'd still recommend reading. You just have to.
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This was fun and it reminds me that at times we try to box Jane Austen in too much. This book is so much about poking fun at the system. About turning things on their side and seeing if it changes how we view them. I found this a fast, and surprisingly funny, read.
I just recently became aware of this Austin work. At times it was hard to follow due to the dialogue being set only in written letters between the characters. Unlike other Austin books, I did not find the main character admirable.
May 14, 2017
Christine H
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
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Hilarious as ever. I started a re-listen of the Audible edition as a bedtime story and then realized I just really wanted to read this again!
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