We all have that one book that we can never get bored of. For me, that's Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Yes, I know I write under the pseudonym Emma Woodhouse, the main character of Jane Austen's Emma, but Pride and Prejudice is the ultimate love story.
My favourite romances are those that begin with dislike either with one party or mutually. There's something so magical about two people who just don't fit coming together. Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet seem like the odd couple, and their paths are certainly not paved with rainbows and butterflies. It's their many trials, arguments, tribulations, differences, and mistrust that fuels the passions of their flames. They both realize that they love each other when they're standing under the rain, and yes, I know that's cheesy, but I am cheesy. A good romance has to have a bit of all that corny nonsense for it to work, and Jane Austen does it well. Applaud for her!
A novel this good deserves its own movie adaptation, and it got more than one. There are mini series, several movies, TV movies, plays, and so on based on the novel. However, I'm not just saying this because it's the most recent, but the 2006 version with Keira Knightley is my favourite. Keira is well suited for period dramas, and she portrays Elizabeth as slightly awkward and stubborn perfectly. Another adaptation that the comic book fanatic Pip somehow neglected to inform me about was Marvel's take on the classic. That's right, they turned it into a comic book. I've been trying to get my hands on it physically, but I will soon be surrendering and downloading it on to my iPad. I promise to review it as soon as I can.
Read Pride and Prejudice if you want to be my friend.
Emma
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