Book 11 - Northanger Abbey
Written by Jane Austen
First published in 1818 by I have no idea
Yay yay and thrice yay! I finally finished Eat, Pray, Love! I finished it last night at 5:48 (I looked at the time when I finished, obviously..I was really excited that after like, 3 whole weeks I finished it! YAY!) I thought it was excellent. Very spiritually awakening. It made me want to meditate. A lot. And go to Italy and eat pasta. A lot. But who doesn't?
I highly recommend this book to anyone who's ever been in a tough spot in their life and just wants to go do something to get their mind off of things, or to start over.
I would have updated last night to tell you how excited I was about finishing it, buuuuttt...
..I was too busy headin' over to Yorba Linda to pick up this adorable little ball of fluff and scruff. Isn't she adorable???
It's a Christmas miracle!!!
We weren't planning on getting a puppy anytime soon, really. It's just that we've been looking at ads on Craig's List(just for fun, mind you) and then we saw her, and before we knew what was happening, we were in love. So now we have 2 dogs: Biscuit and _______(insert name of puppy here) ((we haven't decided on a name yet. Any suggestions?))!
Anyway, I shall move on to book 11 : Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen!
I love me some Jane Austen..I think she's amazing. She was considered very courageous in her time. A young woman writing novels? How silly they thought her. But alas, she was-as we say now-pretty dang awesome.
"So what's it about?" You ask. Well, here's the overview: Catherine grows up to be a passably pretty girl and is invited to spend a few weeks in Bath with a family friend. While there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to visit their family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Austen amuses herself and us as Catherine, a great reader of Gothic romances, allows her imagination to run wild, finding dreadful portents in the most wonderfully prosaic events. But Austen is after something more than mere parody; she uses her rapier wit to mock not only the essential silliness of "horrid" novels, but to expose the even more horrid workings of polite society, for nothing Catherine imagines could possibly rival the hypocrisy she experiences at the hands of her supposed friends. In many respects Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage, 19th-century British style.
Or at least that's what amazon says.
I started reading it yesterday and I'm already really into it. I didn't think I was going to be able to understand a word they were saying seeing as how Jane Austen can be-although still very awesome-a bit wordy at times. But I was mistaken. It's very..teenagery. Catherine is a very relatable character, as is Isabella(her best friend).
Anywho..I shall be off now. This was a rather long post. I think I'm going to go meditate..That sounds lovely.
Namaste.
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