Camilla Insalaco Insalaco itibaren 86012 Cercemaggiore CB, İtalya
i found northanger abbey absolutely brilliant! the narration style was very fun to read, always contrasting what should be happening to the heroine of the book with what happens in reality. The story itself could be thought of as plain (girl meets guy, falls in love with him, faces many obstacles, happily ever after). it just the way austen chooses to present the story that makes it interesting and make it thrive in its normalcy. "There was not one lord in the neighbourhood; no — not even a baronet. There was not one family among their acquaintance who had reared and supported a boy accidentally found at their door — not one young man whose origin was unknown. Her father had no ward, and the squire of the parish no children. But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way." i loved how catherine is not heroine material, she is a normal, completely plain girl, with no outstanding qualities and not an interesting situation in life (dead mother, bad father, being too rich or too poor) someone who at other times would become just a side character to a story. what was also very fun about the book is the way that the most intriguing parts to the story were happening only inside catherine's mind, because of her over-active imagination :p last but not least, i found mr tilney's personality the most interesting one in an austen book. i loved his sarcasm, his way with words and his disposition in general:D seriously a very good book, its really worth reading!!
Molly Wizenberg is even better in her book than she is on her blog Orangette (which is saying something). I can't wait to make the Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips and Crystallized Ginger.
Taken as a whole, these short stories were too similar. Damaged/quirky/naive character has a delusion, things happen, delusion is true or false. However, individually these stories were strong. I bet if I'd come across any of them in an anthology, I'd have been sold. (3.5 * is probably a better rating.)