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Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, the Watsons, and Sanditon by Jane Austen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I continue to love Northanger Abbey although on this reread I found the ending rushed. I love the way that Austen frames the narrative with continual discussion of Catherine and how she falls shy of a true heroine. Also love the unremitting spoofing of gothic romance.
Lady Susan I had never read before. Love the epistolary format; seeing the same event through Lady Susan's eyes and then through the eyes of her sister-in-law is really funny. I love how unrepentant and villainous Lady Susan is and that she isn't punished at all for her villainy (while her daughter gets to marry the one she actually loves and who deserves her).
The Watsons fragment I'd never read either, and frankly it reads like too much of a rough draft for me to enjoy much, even down to very few paragraph breaks. We're supposed to see Emma Watson as refined and of genuine good taste in contrast to her family, but I don't find the contrast quite enough (and on her family's side; Emma seems all that is right and proper but her family doesn't really seem all that odious in contrast to me); I suspect that would have been ironed out in revision.
Finally, I'd never read the Sanditon fragment either, and it is just divine. Absolutely hilarious. I found myself laughing out loud multiple times. She's got a character modeled on Don Quixote if Don Quixote had been more taken with Mordred than Arthur. And she sends up hypochondria through several ridiculous characters.
Very highly recommended.
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2. Over the summer,executrix sent me an invite from Conde Naste to become part of this program where you get to test different beauty products and I got accepted!
MY SAMPLE OF LA MER HAS ARRIVED!!!!!!!!
OMG, y'all. I have been dying to try this face cream ever since I heard of it. I am so stoked. It's a pretty small sample, so I'm trying to decide whether applying it sparingly but more times would be more effective than applying it generously fewer times.
I am gonna wake up tomorrow and look like Galadriel. Hell, I would settle for waking up and looking like Frodo. LOL
Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, the Watsons, and Sanditon by Jane AustenMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I continue to love Northanger Abbey although on this reread I found the ending rushed. I love the way that Austen frames the narrative with continual discussion of Catherine and how she falls shy of a true heroine. Also love the unremitting spoofing of gothic romance.
Lady Susan I had never read before. Love the epistolary format; seeing the same event through Lady Susan's eyes and then through the eyes of her sister-in-law is really funny. I love how unrepentant and villainous Lady Susan is and that she isn't punished at all for her villainy (while her daughter gets to marry the one she actually loves and who deserves her).
The Watsons fragment I'd never read either, and frankly it reads like too much of a rough draft for me to enjoy much, even down to very few paragraph breaks. We're supposed to see Emma Watson as refined and of genuine good taste in contrast to her family, but I don't find the contrast quite enough (and on her family's side; Emma seems all that is right and proper but her family doesn't really seem all that odious in contrast to me); I suspect that would have been ironed out in revision.
Finally, I'd never read the Sanditon fragment either, and it is just divine. Absolutely hilarious. I found myself laughing out loud multiple times. She's got a character modeled on Don Quixote if Don Quixote had been more taken with Mordred than Arthur. And she sends up hypochondria through several ridiculous characters.
Very highly recommended.
View all my reviews
2. Over the summer,
executrix sent me an invite from Conde Naste to become part of this program where you get to test different beauty products and I got accepted! MY SAMPLE OF LA MER HAS ARRIVED!!!!!!!!
OMG, y'all. I have been dying to try this face cream ever since I heard of it. I am so stoked. It's a pretty small sample, so I'm trying to decide whether applying it sparingly but more times would be more effective than applying it generously fewer times.
I am gonna wake up tomorrow and look like Galadriel. Hell, I would settle for waking up and looking like Frodo. LOL
