Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Sense and Sensibility



I recently finished reading Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Then, I saw the movie. They were both great. I decided to read all of Jane Austen. I am currently reading Pride and Prejudice. I have had a hard time getting into it--it's slow at first. Finally, two-thirds of the way through, it's getting more interesting. What got me interested in reading Jane Austen was the movie "Becoming Jane." We rented it from Netflix, and I really liked it. So, now I've decided to read all of her written works. But, I do wonder where all of the info about Jane Austen's life came from. The Salt Lake County Library system does not have a biography of her. I wonder why there has not been a biography written about Jane Austen. When I went on my British Literary Tour in college, we were taken to her grave. I have a crayon rubbing of her headstone. That's kind of fun.