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When I go back to reread these books, I'm certain I'll have more to say. For now, I'll stick to basic impressions.The novel was really sweet. I loved Anne, and I'm really appreciating how well Austen writes romance. If I had been exposed to modern romance writers as good with characterization as she is, I'd be into the genre. As it is, I shun most romance novels, since they have little to interest me.
If there's one thing I really like about Austen, it's that she doesn't idealize or glamorize anybody. Even though she only writes about the affluent, she shows class differences and manners in a way that doesn't seem to look down to much on the lower classes, but doesn't glamorize the upper ones. Her uppity characters, like Sir Elliot and Elizabeth here, and Lady Catherine in Pride and Prejudice, aren't portrayed as something to aspire to, and Mr. Darcy and Lady Russell have to become less snobbish.
If there's one thing I really like about Austen, it's that she doesn't idealize or glamorize anybody. Even though she only writes about the affluent, she shows class differences and manners in a way that doesn't seem to look down to much on the lower classes, but doesn't glamorize the upper ones. Her uppity characters, like Sir Elliot and Elizabeth here, and Lady Catherine in Pride and Prejudice, aren't portrayed as something to aspire to, and Mr. Darcy and Lady Russell have to become less snobbish.
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