Robert Blumenthal asked this question about The Reading List:
Was anyone else disappointed in how the author used Pride and Prejudice in this novel? I felt that she went deeper into every other novel on the list and almost treated P and P as a silly soap opera.
Meri McCoy-Thompson I have read almost every book on the list, and I actually loved how she had her characters see the books very differently than I did. It reminded me o…moreI have read almost every book on the list, and I actually loved how she had her characters see the books very differently than I did. It reminded me of everyone brings their own experience to a book, and thus their perspective of it will be very different than mine. The perspectives were also different than would be taught in a literature course, which also was good, as most people who have not been in a literature course have different views than the "official" ones (most commonly taught ones). (less)
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