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JANE AUSTEN (Persuasion) AND A BOOKGIRL!
Yes. I admit it. I’m one those girls. The ones that reread those same five novels over and over again. I can quote Kiera Knightley and Matthew McFadyen! Would die if she could put on a Regency gown and dance the night away. As my mother puts it, I was born a century too late on the wrong continent. I am a Janeite cleverly disguised as a practical girl with hardly any romantic inclinations. But that Jane Austen knows her stuff. She was a truly remarkable woman who captured each character so faithfully, you could swear you’ve met each and every one of them.
The heroine I most admire is Anne from Persuasion (coincidentally, my favorite novel). To identify with a character who is scarcely mentioned in the entire first chapter of the book she champions might say something about my ego, or lack thereof, but I hold fast to my assessment. Jane’s other heroines (Lizzie and Emma in particular) are almost flawless, admired women who know (or think they know) what they want out of life. Anne, on the other hand, is an average looking girl who was talked out of marrying the love of her life at a very young age by those who only wanted what is best for her, and has resigned herself to caring for her selfish family that has lived well beyond their means since her mother passed away. This vain family refuses to lose face while retrenching and by chance, throws her long lost beau into her way once more. Of course, this is a story we’ve all heard a million times, but in the hands of Jane Austen it is a tale worth reading and rereading. I encourage you to check it out or check it out AGAIN!
IS IT A GOOD READ OR A GOOD CAKE?
For the past decade, one of the greatest festivals I have ever heard of has slipped under my radar. The International Edible Book Festival is an annual event occurring on or around April 1, which is also known as Edible Book Day (a fact that I was also unaware of…). Since its inception in 2000, the festival has been held in Australia, Brazil, Canada, England,France, Germany,India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico,Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, United States of America, and Russia. The festival pays homage to French gastronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), famous for his book Physiologie du goût, a witty meditation on food. Check out their site for updates: http://www.colophon.com/ediblebooks.
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