Reading a Jane Austen book for the first time!

By Notebook-Ash1973

I keep hearing how awesome her books are and how super loyal her fans are. I’ve watched the movie versions of Jane Austen stuff too, and I always feel like the book is better than the film. I’m also at the point where I’m like, okay, I should probably read one before I’m out of time. It’s sitting on my “to-read before I die” list. I’m finding the language kind of brutal for a modern reader, but I’ve already actually laughed out loud at a couple of the characters and the things she has them say. Now I’m just hooked on finding out what happens next. She really goes after those smug, pretentious types from back then, and also people who step on others to climb up socially. So yeah, I’m trying—though going from Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You to Persuasion is a huge jump in style and all the social rules. You could probably make some kind of interesting comparison between the two, too.