The eighty-third book: #70 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
I've previously said many good things about the television adaptation of this show, but also knew the book was still coming up. When reading it, the characters and visuals of that show come to mind, but there's a definite difference between the two. While humorous, the books don't aim for comedy as much as some of the characters on the TV show do, and by its nature feels a lot more introspective. It means it doesn't have the visual set pieces, but creates an even more natural growth of love, slower and with some more variation. It's still a fairly light book, but at times more subtle.
It feels like Austen's revelation, compared to many earlier novels, is that the stories stay as complex, but the writing feels more accessible. It's an easy read and I enjoyed myself, with some shorter letters and a focused storylines - we see a lot of the world, but in the end the digressions aren't major and it all feels relevant. It's a really fun book, with a different view form the tv series, but it's clear why this is a classic.