| Name | Janet Alejandro |
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| 1. Favorite book and why? |
My favorite book by Jane Austen is Emma. The chemistry between Emma and Mr. Knightley is wonderful and witty. What is most appealing, however, is Emma's overall good-nature and naive honesty, which makes a reader both despise and love her. In the end, she becomes aware of her faults and accepts others' faults as well. To put it simply, it is Jane Austen's most light and funny novel with a highly-lovable heroine.
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| 2. Least favorite book and why? |
Mansfield Park is probably my least favorite Jane Austen novel. Fanny Price is without faults and never sways in her morals and ideals. Although these are noble and admirable traits, I did not relate with her as ecstatically as Austen's other heroines, like Emma Woodhouse or Eliza Bennet. I understood her love for Edmund but somehow sympathized with Henry, but I doubt that this was Austen's design. She wrote too much of perfect woman in Fanny that it seemed too predictable that Edmund would fall for her and Henry would fall short... not much of a page-turner for me.
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| 3. Favorite scene in favorite book and why? |
My favorite scene in Emma would have to be Emma and Knightley's discussion regarding Harriet's refusal of marriage to a farmer, Robert Martin. Both of them are so strong-minded and so determined in hammering in their thoughts that it became so ridiculous for them to even talk to each other. They're high regard for one another fuels the constant attempt at persuading the other towards his/her opinion. Plus, the lines that came out of Knightley's mouth, like "better be without sense, than misapply it as you do," were so biting, that one has to just sit back and admire Emma for keeping up (and even ahead) of him.
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| 4. Favorite character and why? |
Marianne Dashwood is one of my favorite characters of all novels. Her passion for romance, as well as her impatience for "polite affections" far outshines the personalities of many other heroines. This passion's eventual compromise, however, is one of the most tragic I have ever read.
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| 5. Which character do you identify most with and why? |
I relate most with Marianne Dashwood. She's so romantic and so governed by her whims and passions that I feel that I become too much like her when I am sometimes disappointed with what life offers.
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| 6. If you could see a sequel to one of the author's books, which would it
be and what would it be about? |
A sequel to Sense and Sensibility would be interesting. I would love to see Willoughby and Marianne confront each other! Plus, I wouldn't mind hearing that Lucy was unhappy with her marriage to Robert Ferrars... she deserved nothing but disappointment.
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| 7. What do you like about author's writing style? |
I love the precision and manners of the age, which contributes to Jane Austen's precision to dialog and character development. Also, she's extremely witty with the blunt manners of her characters. Overall, the English she wrote, whether satire or drama, makes today's language seem too blunt and unstructured.
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| 8. What are your favorite themes of this author? |
The realization of feelings and true love... how can anyone be a fan of Jane Austen without being a sucker for romance?
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| 9. What could be most improved about this authors books? |
The abrupt, omniscient endings of her novels feel rushed and unsatisfying at times, especially in Mansfield Park. So much detail was put into the plot and the characters that their outcomes are lacking without similar detailed endings.
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| Something about yourself |
Obviously, I love to read. I am a college student, which makes my reading time very, very short, but over the years, I've acquired some favorites. Jane Austen tops the list, as well as Vladimir Nabakov.
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Book Reviews
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Emma
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
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Other Authors
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Literature
Vladimir Nabokov
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