JANE AUSTEN AND I
OK.
I think is time for the truth. I need to say this.
Here is it, my confession.
(Please, read this text as a ridiculous attempt of burlesque art ;)
I spent reading most of my childhood and youth... more likely, eating, devouring books stored in the nearest library. Only reading, should say... little more, but I read that much, that now it's practically impossible for me to read some kind of novels...
But I've never read Jane Austen.
That is! I said it!
Mm... Probably I tried Sense and Sensibility... actually... I think I read it, yes, but I didn't like it that much and my mother knows I am perfectly capable to stop reading a book I don't find interesting, so... who knows? Did I read it?
But as far as I can remember I found Sense and Sensibility the classic of the classic, boring… dull! Two characters personify two contrary qualities. Their evolution to mix them, to swap them… blah-blah… drippy!
Why I cannot find another woman than doesn’t like Jane Austen works?
Today, I didn't get a joke about a modern version of one of her characters video-blogging her life in Youtube… all time blah-blah-blah about her mother trying to marry her with a single hot rich man… whatever!
Now it happens that some of my best friends love her and her work. My best-best friends, actually. And I love both of them because of it and other things. So much :) But then, she discovers that I don't know who the hell Lizzie Bennet is and she is ready to stop being my friend for 5 minutes as a punishment.
Do you think that's fair?
I don't think so... u.u
Oh! So enjoyable drama!!
I think I can anticipate some of your inner questions:
Do I hate Jane Austen?
Ofc… NO!
Do I like her books?
As I said, I didn’t read Jane Austen that much but I never find her books that interesting. I'd say I never felt culturally attracted to her work.
Do I really know her work after practically not reading anything of her?
I don't care if I don't.
Do I understand why Jane Austen has reached such a deep relevance in modern young ladies?
No. Can someone explain? Please, don’t say feminism, parody of romantism, femininity…
Should I read Jane Austen?
I think is too late for me... I’m already dead inside.
I may say I find it usually funny. To confess that I don’t like Harry Potter, I didn’t watch completely Star Wars or than I can’t say what hero belongs to Marvel or DC or simply who the hell was Mr. Trololo or what it’s the origin of Pedobear...
But it certainly makes me feels like I come from a Tribe of Uncontacted PeoPle…
Also called as Tuppians.
(Because they live in tupperwares)
Anyway, the thing is, when it comes to be Jane Austen I feel like a sinner… How can it be you don’t like her? You don’t understand her work! (yeah, probably) You must be a sociopath! But what can I say? Jane Austen and I are like distant inhabitants of this huge universe, with me being the ugly green alien… of course.
But even so, do I keep your love, my friends?
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