BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.
MY BOOK BEGINNING
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.-- from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
The opening sentence from Pride and Prejudice is so famous, I could type it in from memory. But it is a good one, no matter how hackneyed it has become.
Because 2025 is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, I am rereading her six main books in publication order. Now up is her most popular book. I am reading it as an audiobook this time around. I plan to start this weekend. My only question is whether to go with a British reader for the traditional experience, or this delightful version read in an American Southern accent. Which would you choose?
The book cover, above, is not the cover on my copy. But it is so pretty that I wanted to share it.
The Friday 56 is a natural tie-in with Book Beginnings. The idea is to share a two-sentence teaser from page 56 of your featured book. If you are reading an ebook or audiobook, find your teaser from the 56% mark.
Freda at Freda's Voice started and hosted The Friday 56 for a long, long time. She is taking a break and Anne at My Head is Full of Books has taken on hosting duties in her absence. Please visit Anne's blog and link to your Friday 56 post.
MY FRIDAY 56
-- from Pride and Prejudice:
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THE FRIDAY 56
Freda at Freda's Voice started and hosted The Friday 56 for a long, long time. She is taking a break and Anne at My Head is Full of Books has taken on hosting duties in her absence. Please visit Anne's blog and link to your Friday 56 post.
MY FRIDAY 56
-- from Pride and Prejudice:
Allowing for the common demands of the game, Mr. Wickham was therefore at leisure to talk to Elizabeth, and she was very willing to hear him, though what she chiefly wished to hear she could not hope to be told, the history of his acquaintance with Mr. Darcy. She dared not even mention that gentleman.
I think it might be time for me to read this one again!
ReplyDeleteI have been contemplating rereading this book this month, too. Though it will be a late start if I do. I think you should try the southern reader and see how it changes the story. Fun idea.
ReplyDeleteI should re-read it too. It's been a few years.
ReplyDeletePride and Prejudice is one of my favourite books and ever since I first read my mother’s copy I’ve reread this now many times and watched TV and film adaptations too. I've recently read it again for the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth and still love it. I'd listen to the audiobook with a British reader, but then I am British. I have listened to a bit of the American version (thanks for the link) and it is a bit like listening to Gone With the Wind.
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