Books

Books : reviews

Jane Austen.
Sense and Sensibility.
Penguin. 1811

rating : 1 : unmissable

The very different sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood each searches for happiness

Jane Austen.
Pride and Prejudice.
Penguin. 1813

rating : 1 : unmissable

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Elizabeth Bennet spars with proud Darcy

Jane Austen.
Mansfield Park.
Penguin. 1814

rating : 2 : great stuff

Fanny Price grows up in Mansfield Park.

Jane Austen.
Emma.
Penguin. 1816

rating : 1.5 : unmissable

"I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like."

Jane Austen.
Northanger Abbey.
Penguin. 1818

rating : 2 : great stuff

Catherine Morland finds herself a spoof "Gothic romance" heroine

Jane Austen.
Persuasion.
Penguin. 1818

rating : 1.5 : unmissable

Anne Elliott and Captain Wentworth get a second chance for happiness

Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Quirk. 2009

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.