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Write a comment...Pride and Prejudice is one of the best depictions and critiques of early 19th century England. Though rather young, Jane Austen had a knowledge of the human condition way beyond her years. Calling it a soap opera is, IMHO, telling me that you missed the point. Her characters, her wit, and her basic understanding of human nature was exceptional.
I didn't call it a soap opera? And this doesn't answer my question.
Write a comment...I guess I wanted the author to have the characters show some more appreciation of Austen’s ability to show how easy it is for us to misread each other and to appreciate the witty satire of 19th century society. And I didn’t say that you said it was a soap opera, but one of the characters in the book said it. It just seemed compared to all of the other books it was just glossed over and not really appreciated.
"how easy it is for us to misread each other" that certainly would have added some depth to that section!
Thank you Savannah. Essentially Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth and Darcy completely misreading each other. She assumes he’s proud when he’s just very shy. And he assumes she’s hypercritical and she thinks she’s too good for him.
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Write a comment...Pride and Prejudice is one of the best depictions and critiques of early 19th century England. Though rather young, Jane Austen had a knowledge of the human condition way beyond her years. Calling it a soap opera is, IMHO, telling me that you missed the point. Her characters, her wit, and her basic understanding of human nature was exceptional.
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I didn't call it a soap opera? And this doesn't answer my question.
Write a comment...I guess I wanted the author to have the characters show some more appreciation of Austen’s ability to show how easy it is for us to misread each other and to appreciate the witty satire of 19th century society. And I didn’t say that you said it was a soap opera, but one of the characters in the book said it. It just seemed compared to all of the other books it was just glossed over and not really appreciated.
"how easy it is for us to misread each other" that certainly would have added some depth to that section!
Thank you Savannah. Essentially Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth and Darcy completely misreading each other. She assumes he’s proud when he’s just very shy. And he assumes she’s hypercritical and she thinks she’s too good for him.
