Jane Austen, yes there is no surprise there and though I force myself to read non-fiction every now and then, I am a through and through fiction girl and this month, the month of Love and all things nice, I invite you my gentle readers 😉 to join me on this author read for the month. My favourite book of Austen is Pride and Prejudice and in 2011 driving through from London to the Stonehenge we suddenly taking wrong turns found ourselves at the Crescent in Bath, and what a beautiful place is that. Bath is stunning in its architecture and a perfect setting for the novels that Austen wrote during her time. But it is not so much about architecture, her novels mostly have female protagonists and touch upon themes that are so endearing to me, especially her sharp observations on the social lives of the British gentry of her time.
While the humour of Wodehouse is delectable, the entirety of Austen’s characters are absolutely stunning. While Lizzy is a thoroughly splendid character she is funny, brave, kind-hearted and intelligent, she is everything sometimes that I want to be. However this month I am putting this book that I have reread almost a hundred times away and am going to read an Austen novel that I have always been meaning to and that I am finally getting around to. And that is actually two books, but they were bound as one in the beginning, the Northanger Abbey and Persuasion! My favourite television show has been Downton Abbey and being stuck in the 1800 England seems to be a fun thing to do for me. So this February, here we go!
Vedasri Siddamsetty 