Comments on: Josephine Ross on Jane Austen’s View of Manners http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/josephine-ross-on-jane-austen%e2%80%99s-view-of-manners/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/josephine-ross-on-jane-austen%e2%80%99s-view-of-manners/#comment-9 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:08:40 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/josephine-ross-on-jane-austen%e2%80%99s-view-of-manners/#comment-9 My favorite Jane Austen novels

Thanks for your comment, Shelby. I especially like Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion (which many critics consider Austen’s finest book). But I can see why you might find her hard to read. Austen, like so many novelists, can put you off if you don’t start in the wrong place. For example, I found the first 50 pages of Sense and Sensibility to be rough going — almost turgid, and definitely much slower-paced than first 50 of, say, Pride and Prejudice. If I had started with S&S, I don’t know if I would have kept going. I’d give Austen another try if you haven’t tried P&P or Persuasion.

]]> By: dsimple http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/josephine-ross-on-jane-austen%e2%80%99s-view-of-manners/#comment-8 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:45:32 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/josephine-ross-on-jane-austen%e2%80%99s-view-of-manners/#comment-8 Thank you for this review! I held this very book in my hand at the bookstore over the weekend, but then decided against it. My reason for not buying it was basically that I was concerned the author had taken a serious bent on the manners and customs in Austen’s books … but the irony and satire in Austen’s writings are what I enjoy most. So I was concerned I’d just find myself offended by an examination of the manners from the books. Now that I know this book isn’t taking a serioius slant on recommending those manners for today’s reader, I’m going to head back to the bookstore this week and purchase the book. Thanks again for your review! Very timely. :-)

~Debi

]]> By: shelbycockrell http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/josephine-ross-on-jane-austen%e2%80%99s-view-of-manners/#comment-5 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:40:22 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/josephine-ross-on-jane-austen%e2%80%99s-view-of-manners/#comment-5 I find Jane Austen sort of hard to read. I don’t know why seeing as Heart of Darkness is one of my favorite novels. What’s your favorite piece?

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