#janeaustenday

I rarely read books twice. There are just too many great books out there for me to retread familiar ground. But Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813)  is a special book.

I remember my first exposure to Pride and Prejudice like it was yesterday. I was a Freshman in college and I picked it up as a way to avoid reading whatever book I was actually supposed to be reading for English Literature. I did not know the story and had never read Austen before. I was half expecting something musty and old fashioned, so imagine my surprise and delight when I began to read. Many of Austen’s other books followed, along with Colin Firth and the BBC, Keira Knightley’s Lizzy, and most recently The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (totally worth it). But nothing could compare to that fantastic first discovery of my favorite book.