i must say that i was quite sad when my reading came to an end. "pride & prejudice" is one great read i will forever go back to until my vision permits me.
i willed it to be a slow read. my eyes deliberately ignored the next few words on the pages of the book just so i can delay the unraveling of characters. but my excitement could not but yield to my usual reading pace. i was lost in a daydream of sorts. jane austen's words were my own--if i had that talent in writing sentences just as expressively, i would have sent for random house's owner to make arrangements for the release of my novels myself. considering that i've raked in quite a large amount of income for producing bestsellers, they would be at my beck and call, i'm sure.
but i am not jane, though i try to emulate her likeness in my being everytime i write. i am aware that filipino readers are not inclined to reading books written in a rather formal language, however exquisitely written. ms. austen used the words "amiable" and "profligate" a hundred times and i honestly believe that there could not be a more apt way of putting such words together in one sentence to create a refreshing irony despite their formality. english writers indeed enjoy this edge. they can write about the chirping birds and earn the best reviews. i cannot even begin to relate how unfortunate this makes me feel, for not being born into the language.
i had to watch the film to know whether i've pronounced some words correctly in my head as i read the beautiful words she quilted together. ms. austen did not even describe the characters that intimately, and yet she was able to create a vivid picture of them dancing in my head! oh i'm sure you'll fall in love with mr. darcy too!
my hangover has taken me over the bridge, i know. it is now more of an obsession than an erstwhile 'hobby'. i'd rather not read it again--not until after a year or two, for fear that my praises (for the book) may diminish the meaning of requited love if it were read more than once. for now, i trust myself enough to find contentment in anticipating my second reading, unless i want to preempt the joy i am sure to feel when i start reading the book again.
...i can't wait!!!
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