Going back to Longbourn

[horridporrid]

I'm rereading "Pride and Prejudice" and I'm constantly surprised at being surprised. :D It's been a long, long time since my last reread. And while I've seen both the miniseries (several times ♥) and the movie, and read the zombie book and various articles and meta containing various quotes from the book -- the book itself is... well very much

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[deaka]

I tend to cringe for Elizabeth whenever Wickham shows up in the book. He's just so oily, but at the same time he does have a sort of charm and you can see why she'd be taken in, but just - ugh.

Elizabeth's reaction to Lady Catherine's daughter sort of surprised me last time I re-read, because she goes on about her being sickly and it's not as though the woman can help that, but okay! Though I could be misremembering. I need to re-read that book, stat. :p

[horridporrid]

Yeah, Elizabeth -- like pretty much everyone else around her -- tends to treat Lady Catherine's daughter as more a prop of Lady Catherine's than an actual person. Which makes an interesting contrast to Fanny Price from Mansfield Park, who is also sickly, but treated much more sympathetically by the book.

I tend to cringe for Elizabeth whenever Wickham shows up in the book.

Yes! But I agree with you that he did display a lot of charm. And he did a good job of focusing that charm on Elizabeth.

[shaenie]

You've inspired me to reread. It's been a while for me, and I've done all the BBC/Zombie (PENTACLE OF DEATH, GIRLS!) related things lately, as well, but it's been a long time since I read the book. I've got the Austen Collection. Maybe I'll just read them all. =)

[horridporrid]

You've inspired me to reread.

Yay! :D

I've got the Austen Collection. Maybe I'll just read them all. =)

Ooh, an Austen smorgasbord! Sounds like a little piece of heaven. :) And then you'll start saying things like, "La! A walk is ever so much improved by a pleasant prospect." :D (Or, you know, something equally Austen-ian.)