tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post6288097354700158452..comments2023-07-10T01:17:13.383+10:00Comments on Brona's Books: Jane AustenBronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-14718000697409187952017-08-29T21:22:09.792+10:002017-08-29T21:22:09.792+10:00Posting a link on my blog as I type this. Jane (an...Posting a link on my blog as I type this. Jane (and books in general) has helped many of us through rough times.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-30002133057898740502013-03-19T15:44:31.724+11:002013-03-19T15:44:31.724+11:00I'm sorry that you've been having a rough ...I'm sorry that you've been having a rough time, but glad that Jane, and more specifically P&P was there to help you through. It's the bicentennary year so appropriate for a reread anyway.... I'm hoping to get to a reread at some stage. Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187730620736345378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-60498260656033651022013-03-17T13:00:29.989+11:002013-03-17T13:00:29.989+11:00Jane has such wit and precision, such a keen eye f...Jane has such wit and precision, such a keen eye for all the little cruelties and kindnesses that make us human... and such amazing control and craftsmanship--as you point out. I'm so glad she helped you gain perspective and laughter in your life, and I'm not at all surprised. She is wonderful, after all. (And so is Twain, but in a very different way, of course!)the thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16715127418281101613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-5545163834127642842013-03-16T12:04:54.204+11:002013-03-16T12:04:54.204+11:00I love books that are old friends and can be relie...I love books that are old friends and can be relied upon to buck you up (or challenge you, or make you feel warm and fuzzy, or whatever the specialty of that particular pal is) when you need it. I'm glad you thought to turn to P&P when you needed it. When I saw this CC question my first thought was that the Twain quote was fabulous, though I don't feel that way about Austen.Mary R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12468537883595941188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-21460839195273402402013-03-14T03:39:20.707+11:002013-03-14T03:39:20.707+11:00I also thought the answer to this question was too...I also thought the answer to this question was too obvious. Although I know people who have never read any Austen, I don't think I've ever met anyone who has read her works and hated them (with the possible exception of 13 year old boys reading her for a school assigment!).Miss Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09433318219707424076noreply@blogger.com