Jane Austen…

[CurlewKate]

Which is your favourite in 5 words or
less? Mine is Sense and Sensibility. Because Elinor.

S&S: Sibling relationship perfect. Also, Brandon.

S&S - Brandon does it for me

No you're not! I love it too. One of my faves. I admire Elinor so much.

Sheesh, ask me for my favourite child, why don't you! I can't pick. It used to be P&P, but as I get older Persuasion is it. S&S and Emma are so good too. Damn.

Ok, if I have to choose:

Persuasion - half agony, half hope.

Persuasion. The tension, the letter.

Also changed from P&P as I’ve aged.

P&P.

Colin.
Firth.
Lake.
Wet.
Phwoar.

(Sorry not )

Pride and Prejudice - because of the opening line.

Sets the scene; tells the story succinctly and beautifully...
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Yes-Persuasion is definitely for when you’re properly grown up. As Antonia Forest tells us.

Ooh, can't choose!

Maybe P&P just because it's iconic.

S&S because of the sisters' relationship.

Emma because of Miss Bates! (I'm a very well intentioned, impoverished, loquacious spinster, so...!)

Emma: “it was badly done indeed.”

No. Just NO.

Shouts into the abyss that it's not even in the book, god damn it.

No more than 5 words, folks!

[Numbers don't count]

Well, exactly. It’s the “Tell me you haven’t read any Jane Austen without telling me you haven’t read any Jane Austen” response.

In order of favourite, though the first two are close (and ignoring the 5 word rule as I already posted one of those)

1 p&p
2 persuasion
3 sense and sensibility
4 emma
5 lady Susan
6 Mansfield park
7 northanger abbey

persuasion - you pierce my soul

Oh, I love Northanger Abbey. Love all the stereotypes-the boy racer, the pick me girl, Catherine’s mother saying she was glad she hadn’t known about her making that long journey alone while it was happening, but she was so glad that Catherine had coped so well. Such a mother thing to say!. So many good characters.

It’s my favourite too. Possibly just because there’s such cultural saturation of P&P that it’s hard to forget any of it for a reread. Whereas S&S has some novelty if you’ve not read it for a few years. And I find it slightly less cringey for some reason.

You beat me to it!

Northanger Abbey is my favourite! I love the misunderstandings and it's very very funny.

I must be alone in the world in finding Colin Firth a bit pudding-faced and mostly thinking about the waterweed in that scene in the BBC adaptation.

You are not alone.

I also don't like the woman who played Elizabeth to Firth's Darcy.

And Alison Steadman is an abomination in it.

Pride and Prejudice. BBC series!

Persuasion (obviously). Because of slow burn love story

Favourite character - Mr Rushworth. I'd marry him, be faithful & enjoy spending his money 😄

Emma. Reason 1 - handsome clever rich my aim 😂 Reason 2 - Clueless.