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My penguin edition starts out with tips on reading this book and begging me to keep reading even though it is very boring, it was even boring for her contemporaries who never had anything better to do! It even tells me to get an audiobook. That's new :)
— Apr 12, 2026 02:03PM
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Oh! I always deserve the best treatment, because I never put up with any other
— Aug 26, 2026 01:57PM
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First Persuasion and now Emma, and I am finally under the thrall of her superior writing skills. I get Austen now! At least with those two!
— Aug 26, 2026 11:02AM
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There was nothing in all this either to astonish or interest, and it caught Emma’s attention only as it united with the subject which already engaged her mind. The contrast between Mrs. Churchill’s importance in the world, and Jane Fairfax’s, struck her; one was every thing, the other nothing—and she sat musing on the difference of woman’s destiny...
— Aug 25, 2026 12:39PM
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Harriet rational, Frank Churchill not too much in love, and Mr. Knightley not wanting to quarrel with her, how very happy a summer must be before her!
— Aug 20, 2026 06:55PM
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She liked his open manners, but a little less of open-heartedness would have made him a higher character.—General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
— Aug 20, 2026 03:48PM
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“No, I thank you. But do come in. Who do you think is here?—Miss Woodhouse and Miss Smith; so kind as to call to hear the new pianoforte...”
“Well,” said he, in a deliberating manner, “for five minutes, perhaps.”
“And here is Mrs. Weston and Mr. Frank Churchill too!—Quite delightful; so many friends!”
“No, not now, I thank you. I could not stay two minutes. I must get on to Kingston as fast as I can.”
Very smooth!
— Aug 14, 2026 02:07PM
“Well,” said he, in a deliberating manner, “for five minutes, perhaps.”
“And here is Mrs. Weston and Mr. Frank Churchill too!—Quite delightful; so many friends!”
“No, not now, I thank you. I could not stay two minutes. I must get on to Kingston as fast as I can.”
Very smooth!
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“One would rather have a stranger preferred than one’s very particular friend—with a stranger it might not recur again—but the misery of having a very particular friend always at hand, to do every thing better than one does oneself!”
— Aug 06, 2026 07:21PM
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“The folly of not allowing people to be comfortable at home—and the folly of people’s not staying comfortably at home when they can! …here are we setting forward to spend five dull hours in another man’s house, with nothing to say or to hear that was not said and heard yesterday, and may not be said and heard again to-morrow.”
Me every time I go out
— May 31, 2026 07:31PM
Me every time I go out
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Is this the 13th best novel ever written in the whole wide world?? Stay tuned!
— May 18, 2026 10:48AM
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She had always wanted to do every thing, and had made more progress both in drawing and music than many might have done with so little labour as she would ever submit to. […]She was not much deceived as to her own skill either as an artist or a musician, but she was not unwilling to have others deceived, or sorry to know her reputation for accomplishment often higher than it deserved.
— May 04, 2026 10:47PM
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What an odd introduction!
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Hell yeah! It’s like the book editors have no faith in the readers or Austen’s writing. Makes me feel sad for the book.
It is a strange introduction, but after the book there are contextual essays that are quite helpful. So this 200 anniversary edition of her books is a bit of a mixed bag. I would recommend the Oxfords for the introductions (as—like I never tire of saying haha—Afterwords, of course!)
W.D. wrote: "It is a strange introduction, but after the book there are contextual essays that are quite helpful. So this 200 anniversary edition of her books is a bit of a mixed bag. I would recommend the Oxfo..."Thank you, WD :) I must admit, I was seduced by the cover of this edition -- it's so beautifully yellow-orange! And I am curious about the supplementary materials, but I mean it's Austen after all. I did recently buy The portable Dante to finally start my acquaintances with him, and that's where I plan to use all the help I can get, but I am fine with Austen, I am not studying her :) And yeah, never read the intro to the classic, people! Although I've seen some editions that helpfully warn people they will be spoiled. People would overestimate what is a well-known. But I do often enjoy meeting the book fresh and make my own first impressions
Jeroen wrote: "Huh? 🤔"My reaction!
Hahahahaha! wow i wasn't expecting that but thank you for the laugh! That was pretty brilliant :)