Today I was in my local bookstore and saw Pride and Prejudice in the foreig-language section. I was a little delighted by it since there are usually shitty books, but the title of this one caught my interest. But it seems to me it is more of a romance than actually the thematization of, well, pride and prejudice.
Does this book actually informative or is it just women's entertainment?
William Cooper
>it is more of a romance
It's really not. It's a great book
>is it just women's entertainment? Kill you'are'selve
Oliver Gray
>It's really not. It's a great book Elaborate.
>Kill you'are'selve Hey, I can ask, don't I? I mean, I've read little while I was there and it immediately starts about a married couple and it emphasized it a touch too much, for my taste.
Ian Bennett
pwease gois i needa answer am about to red thru current bok so needa new educalzone materialu
Colton Myers
It's a good book about Victorian social relationships.
Aiden Turner
It might be tough if English is not your first language, and there is a lot of meandering, but it is a very charming little book if you ever get around to reading it. I actually found myself laughing audibly a few times while reading.
Elijah Campbell
Yes, I think charming captures the essence of this book perfectly. It's not deep, nor is it thought-provoking; unless of course, you can abstract distant themes hidden within the text and construct substance from nothing; which may or may not be a purposeful exercise. Basically, it flows well and will entertain you should you have nothing else to read.
Jayden Martinez
I was looking for for something with car chases and manly shit like rape and farting
Xavier Thomas
Then read Pinecone my man
Eli Cruz
>It might be tough if English is not your first language Well, I'd say I'm fluent in English but not 100 % native level. I had no problem reading books like The Godfather, Rum Punch, Starship Troopers and American Psycho. I tried Tristram Shandy once, but oh my fucking god is it hard to grasp: the stream of consciousness and the old vocabulary made it more of a hassle than enjoyment.
>It's not deep, nor is it thought-provoking Okay, that's all I needed to know, basically. When I read, then it has always the purpose to inform and educate myself of idealistic and philosophical viewpoints, and not to be entertained in order to past time. Damn, and I thought I could finally add a book of a female author in my collection - and the cover looked nice too.
Jonathan Reyes
Regency. Victoria wasn't even born.
Ian Wood
0/10
Bentley Nguyen
>implying everyone needs to consume books like you
Xavier Miller
>reading a book written by a woman
K E K E E K E K
Sebastian Miller
Try Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It really narwhaled my bacon.
Jeremiah Anderson
>talk to woman about literature >she went to the bookstore and bought some Jane Austen (of course) >"why does she explain so much??" >"i don't get it they just hold hands at the end xd"
Ryder Walker
ex-gf told me to read it while we were together, it was a cute book. 9/10 would reccommend. english was a bit difficult at first but i got the hang of it eventually.
Evan Perez
Jane Austen is a satirist
Ayden Foster
She has great bantz tübjörnest
Jack Kelly
>When I read, then it has always the purpose to inform and educate myself of idealistic and philosophical viewpoints, and not to be entertained in order to past time. Cool, well the- >I had no problem reading books like The Godfather, Rum Punch, Starship Troopers and American Psycho.
Ayden Miller
And what's your issue with that?
Juan Cook
If Starship Troopers is informative and educational, how is P+P not?
Josiah Perez
In case you missed my thread: I didn't read Pride and Prejudice.
Of course Starship Troopers is educational. Heinlein managed to change my view on the necessity of a military through this novel, and in general the necessity and readiness for violence, which was also very interesting for me as a pacifist.
How can you be so superficial and discredit - especially Heinlein - this book just by face value?
Alexander James
You have to appreciate linguistic register and novelistic discourse such as displayed by the opening lines of P&P, I don't have it with me but it goes something like it's a truth universally acknowledged that every man in possession of a good fortune must be in search of a wife. In effect, this is a gradual shift in register going from a formal, philosophical- or judicial-like to an informal and finally to a totally gossipy one, and to appreciate this is to appreciate something akin to what Bakhtin said of heteroglossia and polyphony, but basically it's what has been known for a long time in literature as part of the wider notion 'style'. Reading Austen should never be about the plot but about the little slippages not only in register but the thereby entailed shifts in perspective which characterise her novels. Personally I always found it a bit weird that Veeky Forums is often unable to appreciate Austen, her characters are basically autists as socially awkward and tied up as in those nippon slice of life animes that it's hilarious.
Robert Hughes
It's literally an old fashioned 50 shades of Grey
>Womyn: I am a STRONG WOMYN with a quirky personality I need a fantastic man >Man: hello, I am a billionaire >Womyn: sorry, I need a man with more than just millions of dollars, because I am quirky and stuff >man: I also have am amazing personality and I am quirky too >MARRIED HAPPILY EVER AFTER >FIN
Alexander Wright
>Mr. Darcy >"I also have am amazing personality and I am quirky too" >Mr. Darcy >amazing personality >quirky
Xavier Rodriguez
By Victorian standards, yes, going swimming in a pond and being broody yet sensitive fits those categories.
Adam Williams
>implying the pond scene is in the novel
Andrew Gomez
it was written by a woman so don't read it unless you care about how female characters feel about opening their legs for men
Wyatt Morris
It's all blurred into a faggot woman fantasy montage, desu.
Carson Morgan
No worries user, Darcy's nips will do that to a man
Angel Allen
I mean, I loved it when I was 12 and still believed in romance. Then I actually realised that Mr Darcys didn't exist.
It's cute and easy to read (if you're learning a foreign language) and nice. It's a great insight into female thinking to be honest, and a good satire of Regency society.
Easton Thomas
>Go to Veeky Forums to discuss literature and philosophy >See another 4chin thread where the mere mention of woman rustles anons jimmies
Classic
Hunter Martinez
Is Emma worth reading?
Landon Carter
Well, I couldn't stand the character, but I guess it's okay.
My favourite is Sense and Sensibility.
Wyatt Martin
Emma is worth reading but it's still my least favorite Austen novel.
If you've read Pride and Prejudice already, I'd recommend Mansfield Park and Nothanger Abbey over the others.
Levi Ross
I used to like Pride and Prejudice till I realised that men were not like Mr Darcy, and that they were more like Wickham. Basically my belief in romance was fanned by Austen and doused at about age 15.
Gavin Jones
>hates public events >hates people >can't talk to strangers >spergs out every time he is around the girl he likes >considers himself better than everyone Is Mr. Darcy /ourguy/?
Nathaniel Peterson
Without a doubt. He's even a NEET, is he not?
Aaron Barnes
Well if Mr Darcy is like us, you better talk to She seems pretty jaded about men.
Colton Reed
Bump
Dylan Foster
I'm better than him though
Jacob Ramirez
>idealistic and philosophical >The Godfather, Rum Punch, Starship Troopers and American Psycho How can someone not have an issue with that.
Michael Nelson
>her characters are basically autists as socially awkward and tied up as in those nippon slice of life animes that it's hilarious. This could be interesting. But other replies suggest that it really is a romance, or a de-romantization as some shared.