you might think that i am a bit odd, but there's more truth in oddity than in monotony.
i get affected everytime i watch a good film. especially when the film is about a writer, an author, or a novelist. I already wrote an entry after watching Miss Potter, a movie that featured the rather tame yet superb acting skill of renee zellweger. this one is about jane austen (portrayed by anne hathaway)...the author of the acclaimed "pride and prejudice".
i have not gone beyond reading the very short introduction in the book about the kind of life that ms. austen lived. she never got married despite the many suitors who asked for her hand in marriage. she was heart-broken most of her life. and it was a sad moment of truth for her that led her to write 6 complete novels that now hold much praise from critics (yes, even at this day and age)...thanks to mr. tom lefroy (the young lawyer who broke her heart).
i've always believed that reading starts right after the heading that says 'chapter 1'. to my great regret, i refused many times to give my eyes a bit of coaxing so that they may roll towards the shortest biography section about the author, that is usually seen at the very beginning...the first page where the year of printing is almost always written on. so that's probably why i got into the bad habit of ignoring it at the outset. at least now i can start going back to my old books even if it's only for the purpose of reading the first page.
i was really taken by jane's life story. she was a struggling writer then. culture didn't make her career much likable than if it were pursued today. such bad timing for a talented writer as ms. austen. she should've eloped with mr. lefroy to be a living example of her fiction...but she chose to be practical (this judgment of hers i would never understand, being the hopeless romantic that i am). but then again, after reading the wiki on jane, the movie gave too much of jane's affections for tom away than she would've wanted (if she were still alive). in her letters to her sister cassandra, there was evident fondness towards the young bloke, but she preferred to conceal it for fear that tom's family would disown him, evasive as his uncle was at the very idea of pursuing a simpleton like ms. austen.
i'm writing this because i want to encourage you to read jane's novels... in the hope that you may capture the greatness in the art of putting the simplest words together, and creating a beautiful synergy of letters and emotions...all for the love of affecting lives generation after generation, after generation, yours and mine.
i don't expect you to understand my oddity and embrace it in exchange for all the "entertainment" i've given by displaying my blog entries for your random viewing...but i wish you'd give my words of encouragement a thought =)
here are some of jane austen's novels:
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