Famous First Line:
“It is universally acknowledge, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane
Austen in 1813, though it was originally published anonymously. Austen was born on December 16, 1775 in
Hampshire, England and died on July 18, 1817 at the age of 41. She is known for writing romances such as Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Mansfield Park.
Pride and Prejudice is
a novel about the Bennet family of all girls trying to find respectable marriages. The main character is Elizabeth Bennet, the
second oldest girl, who with her oldest sister Jane, are trying to marry for
love while trying to manage their silly and irresponsible mother and three
younger sisters.
I have read this book and will continue reading it in my
adulthood. This is one of those novels
where no matter how many times it is read, something new is discovered and is
always a pleasure reading. It is simply a timeless novel.
Famous Last Line:
"The old man was dreaming about the lions" -Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea.
The Old Man and the Sea (1952) is written by Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), an extremely influential writer and journalist in the early to mid 1900s. TOMATS is about an old fisherman who has had very bad luck in catching fish until one day he goes out on his skiff alone and spends about 3 days trying to real in a merlin that has caught onto his line. I enjoyed reading this novel because of the wisdom of the old man. He was patient in trying to catch his fish and he talks to himself a lot. I would highly recommend this book because it is a quick read of a great classic.
Famous Last Line:
"The old man was dreaming about the lions" -Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea.
The Old Man and the Sea (1952) is written by Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), an extremely influential writer and journalist in the early to mid 1900s. TOMATS is about an old fisherman who has had very bad luck in catching fish until one day he goes out on his skiff alone and spends about 3 days trying to real in a merlin that has caught onto his line. I enjoyed reading this novel because of the wisdom of the old man. He was patient in trying to catch his fish and he talks to himself a lot. I would highly recommend this book because it is a quick read of a great classic.
Both of these are classics. I haven't read Pride and Prejudice since I was a senior in high school. I think it's one of those I need to go back to, like I did with Gatsby a couple of summers ago. I enjoyed it even more--and like you said, noticed so many new things.
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