Dear Jane, I Love Pride and Prejudice
Posted Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 07:01AM
Dear Jane Austen,
On this Valentine’s Day 2007, I just wanted to say thank you for bringing so much joy to my life. You’re a rock star, Jane - and I say that with only the highest respect.
Pride and Prejudice is a perfect, perfect novel. When I read it, everything else in my world seems to freeze in time. Oh, how I wish I were the feisty and truthful Elizabeth! Or do I wish I were her sister Jane…beautiful and demure and so caring (and worshipped by Mr. Knightly)?
You weave stories that take me far away from this crazy world. You’re so old - but you are the original modern woman, and for that I salute you.
Thank you for giving me Pride and Prejudice, Ms. Austen. Thank you for all your novels about heroines who beat to their own drum, aren’t afraid to fall madly in love, and who refuse to settle for second best.
Eternally Yours,
Beep
AUNT BEEP
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