Somehow, I end up reading Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' again!
She died very young at tender age of 42 but over 200 years 'Pride and Prejudice' remained one widely read novel. In human collective literature, thousands rather millions of pages have been inked on human love and marriage. So what make this novel unique?
Humans consume marriage for various reasons - as
--BUT---
There is another kind of a rare love and marriage, which bound 2 humans by magnetism of honesty. When a man and a woman of high characters (keeping their differences and status aside) come close for nothing, but only to spend rest of their lives with integrity.
Mention of this rare kind of human bonding makes 'Pride and Prejudice' a unique tale.
She died very young at tender age of 42 but over 200 years 'Pride and Prejudice' remained one widely read novel. In human collective literature, thousands rather millions of pages have been inked on human love and marriage. So what make this novel unique?
Humans consume marriage for various reasons - as
- Simply naive, love at first sight and out of infatuation - like Jane and Mr. Charles Bingley affair, or
- to gain social acceptance - like Charlotte Lucas and William Collins marriage, or
- dysfunctional but surviving arrange marriage - as of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, or
- to settle financial matters - as of Lydia and George Wickham marriage,
--BUT---
There is another kind of a rare love and marriage, which bound 2 humans by magnetism of honesty. When a man and a woman of high characters (keeping their differences and status aside) come close for nothing, but only to spend rest of their lives with integrity.
Mention of this rare kind of human bonding makes 'Pride and Prejudice' a unique tale.
6 comments:
I was reading it today,,,and here you are posting abt it,,,
I like this Novel because Jane Austen's Wrtings flow like a Peaceful River...Even though Bennet Household faces a lot of troubles in the Novel ,,yet it peace in between Pride and Prejudices
Please write your impression too after finishing novel!
wonderfully captivating indeed. The writer has done such a job of portraying the culture of those times. You can feel it as close to it as if you are living through it. I have also enjoyed its movie version so much and enjoyed the anxiety of the "mother of daughters" which I still see in actual practice among Pakistani/Indian mothers. Hilariously acted by whoever is the actress. I like your comments and agree with you
It took me years to actually realize what distinct this novel from others!
One of my favorites, in school I used to read it before my English papers - as it would set the language tone right. Now my daughter in middle school is required to read it - timeless classic!
As you read the first sentence of novel, it captivates you:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune,
must be in want of a wife". lol
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