Pride and Prejudice

I have become completely captivated by Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice. It is a wonder I have escaped so long without reading anything by her before. It is really a fun and delightful book, perfect for daydream reading. In fact yesterday, besides a few domestic responsibilities, it occupied ALL of my time. It's funny, I keep expecting the heroine to be ABOVE the then contemporary concerns of her society. Though Elizabeth Bennet displays a more critical eye than her peers to the capricious whims of those who are considered high society, she seems just as prone to concerns of her preceived spot in that society as her less intelligent sisters. Jane Austin wrote of her time, not above it. Which is cool, it gives a great peek into a society very different from our own. I am embarrassed though, at how many words I have had to break out the dictionary over! Usually I am a wiz with words, but there have been quite a few in this novel that I have needed a refresher on. I can hear giggling in the crowd, "Oh Becca! Pride and Prejudice is SO easy! I read that book in high school!" OK Smarty Pants, let's see if you can do better than I have. Here's a little vocab quiz for you:

Pride and Prejudice Vocabulary Quiz


Well, I won't spend the rest of today reading, though I might like. My hubby mentioned he might be home in the early afternoon today, in which case we might take the horse and carriage into town! It is always a thrill to drive south to Jacksonville, where we can shop at places other than Walmart! If it works out, we will be going to shop for professional duds to outfit him for all the upcoming interviews. I am excited! I love having a sexy-life-sized Ken Doll of my very own! ;-) He is going to look so dapper in a fitted suit and power tie! As for me, I don't look nearly as good in my clothes these days. I am in a tween stage with my pregnancy. At 17 weeks I am just a smidge too big to button my pre-pregnancy pants, and still not quite big enough for all the awesome maternity clothes given to me by my wonderful parents and sister this Christmas! Oh well, soon I'll be big as a house and I'll be lamenting something new I am sure.


hmmm... My concerns and thoughts about my upcoming day make me sound very little different than the ladies of leisure in the novel I am reading...