What book are you reading?

[Kayenneh]

Austen is far from crappy literature.

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In an era in which we expect worlds to blow up, werewolves to fight vampires for dominion over the earth, and in which the news is overrun with Jihadis and natural disasters, a quiet stroll with Miss Austen can be a balm for the nerves. I read Pride & Prejudice to learn a little more about a girl I liked, and went on to Sense & Sensibility and Emma.

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There may not be any massive action, but the dialog is actually quite good-snappy at times, and the settings are lovingly detailed.

Wilde's wonderful, as are Bierce and Twain, but there is something serenely attractive about Austen which I don't see even in the Brontes.

Austen doesn't come off as dull. Really, it is great stuff and does a man good to read. Plenty of men expect women to understand sports: I think men can better themselves by understanding Austen.

I agree with you a lot. I find the delicate humor in her books the best. Though the social scene has become quite different, the behaviour is still there and it's no wonder that Austen's stories have been rewritten (and filmed) over and over again.

Even though I liked "Jane Eyre" somewhat, I must confess that I have yet to manage through "Wuthering Heights". Those sisters know how to come up with some depressing characters..

Though men might get something out of Austen's works, I don't know if I'd reccomend them to any of my male friends. Romance isn't the genre for everyone