Pride and Prejudice

The day I finished W&P, I also spent five and a half hours watching the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice. It was awesome. We taped the miniseries when it aired on A&E in the mid 90's. For years, whenever I was alone and with a VCR I would steal a few hours with Elizabeth Bennett, Mr. Darcy and old carnival cruise commercials.

So, on July 4th, I spent the day watching Pride and Prejudice (which I recently purchased on dvd at Best Buy)and the evening finishing War and Peace. It was an odd Fourth of July, but not unhappy. The next day, I was wondering how the novel compared to the mini-series, so I picked up P&P and read it. And loved it. Jane Austen manages to keep me in suspense until the very end. I have read that book probably three times, and watched the (very faithful) mini-series probably ten times, and every time I am dying to know if they can get it together, and I am always very angry at Lydia and Mrs. Bennett for being morons. I know it is a terrible cliche, but Pride and Prejudice is so great I am thinking of naming Pride and Prejudice as my number one favorite. It is at the very least in my top three.