Chapter Fifty-Three: Pride and Prejudice

It's been a while since I last read Pride and Prejudice, which is to this day the only of Jane Austen's books that I've read.  Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed rereading this tale of thwarted, unrequited, and finally vindicated love.  It's clear why this novel remains a classic even now, two hundred and one years after it was first published.  The characters are all lovable or so silly and easy and fun to dislike that one can hardly help wanting to read about what happens to them.  Elizabeth Bennet is, of course, the star of the show.  She spunky and willing to speak her mind, she insists on marrying for love in an age where that was often not the priority, and she is even willing to recognize her own mistakes and change her point of view!  If you haven't read this classic, read it, and if you have, re-read it!