i’m rocking with you jane austen

THE REASON YOU FELT LIKE U WERE WATCHING A CHICK FLICK IS THAT THIS BOOK HAS SERVED AS THE TEMPLATE FOR EVERY SINGLE CHICK FLICK SINCE, AND IT STILL ROCKS!!! Now watch Pride and Prejudice (2005) starring Knightley & Macfadyen: it’s great!! 💙

Are you ready to watch the six hour movie?!?!

excuse me 😭😭😭

@lgiokcfordrama It is AWESOME!

@ChrisKindaReads @lgiokcfordrama The 2005 production from the BBC? The BEST!

@ibmmiller @ChrisKindaReads Nope. The other one. I enjoy both but prefer the other.

Great review! But please don't call it chick-lit or think it's frivolous bc it focuses on women. A story doesn't have to be dark to be deep. It's about societal oppression of women and girls & more relevant today than ever.

I’m so happy I found you on x! This 74 year old lady was overjoyed by your review of the Odyssey….you had me at Odyssey.. lol! Now I’m poised to reread old favorites and dive into new ones! ❤️☺️📚

Sense & Sensibility is a much “darker” read, if you’re looking for less of a chick lit feeling. I think P&P is probably Austen’s lightest read - along with Emma. She actually had a hard life. Once you get hooked on her, you’ll be sad she wrote so few books.

I read Austen’s Sense and Sensibility against my will for a lit class and it made me mad that I loved it.

Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite books; Jane Austin is legit one of the best writers in English literature ever, and her character development is stellar. Very worthy read. Good choice 👍

The social commentary in her books, her use of language, and the character -building are also worth thinking about. The chick- lit aspect is only the outer layer of the onion of appreciation here.

A long time ago in California my late mother taught English, and she always told me what she told her students, that w/ some works you have read at least 50 pages before you can even get your bearings.

Probably one of the top ten greatest writers of Western literature.

I just found out something that may interest you: Ali Velshi has a regular part of his MSNOW show called The Banned Book Club, which introduces & discusses books that have been banned from school libraries or even regular libraries. Next week he'll be talking about Frankenstein.

Oh sir, it's way more than a love story, a chick flick, it's full of metaphors, symbolism & analogies. But you're a newbie so I'll let you off. 😉

Here in the UK at that time a woman couldn’t work, her only option was marriage. And arranged ones at that. In reality Darcy and Elizabeth would never have married. Not a chance. The class system was written in stone. Upper and lower classes never married.

I'm so glad you enjoyed Pride and Prejudice. I recommend Persuasion if you want to try another Austen.

Great that you read that this year. It’s Jane Austen’s 250th birthday next month! Glad that you liked it! It’s one of my faves!

I love your account. That is my favorite book. I even named my son Austin. Ran into my favorite English teacher last year after almost 40 years and she asked me if I still loved books.

so proud of you! you are inspiring so many and reminding some of us of things we read decades ago. your enthusiasm is contagious!

Love your review!! Don't forget to watch the 1995 BBC version and you will see the greatest adaptation of this book! The casting was impeccable.

Please, please, please watch the BBC serialised TV version - not the films. The characters are so truly based on the book version it’s a joy to watch. It makes Mrs Bennett and Mr Collins really believable (I found them less so in my first reading of the book).

Okay so watch this mini-series of the book. BBC with Colin Firth. Step 1 then..

There is nothing cosy about the razor sharp Jane Austen. She is brilliant & sparkling of course uses humour and beautiful writing to expose real flaws in human nature & society. Try Mansfield Park with its subtext of a critique of slavery. She was an abolitionist.

Have you read Much Ado About Nothing yet? If you liked this, you may like that.

I love your reviews so much. I can't wait to hear what you think of the movie adaptation. One of the best movie adaptations I've seen, fwiw is Unbearable Lightness of Being but that's just last century. Stay in the 1800s for a while. it's so great.

The best review ever 😭 "He proposed to her, she said no, the next day he's proposing to her BFF" The drama of Austen. I always try to remember that's what they had to look forward to, the drama. Otherwise it would be bleak and joyless af

You’ve got to watch “Bride & Prejudice”

Welcome to the world of Austen Next, you should read Emma Persuasion Sense and Sensabilities BBC Masterpiece movies are incredible as well.

Northanger Abbey should be next. Also add Jane Eyre.

I’m so glad you liked it! If you watch an adaptation (aside from the Zombies one lmao) I very much recommend the 1995 version, it is much truer to the book than the 2005 one

Try Jane Austen’s novel “Persuasion” when you are ready.

do you have that whole mega shelf that penguin sells of classic books? Haha very cool

Deeply romantic! Two people who are completely authentic to themselves, living within the social limitations they were brought up in. And they still found love!

It’s so great because the meaner she is the more he likes her! And they both end up realizing they were jerks and they both go through a lot of personal growth. I highly highly highly recommend Persuasion if you want to try another Austen

Wait until you read Grapes of Wrath, another good book is East Of Eden

If you liked that you might enjoy Persusian by Austen as well. It's my favourite Austen book.

Don't waste your time with the zombies version it is really quite sacrilegious and quite awful.