the other book review

Fanny Price, a young woman who is taken away from her fam­ily at the age of ten and brought up by her rich aunt and uncle. She learns man­ners, how to behave in cer­tain cir­cles. The only real friend in her ordeal is her cousin Edmund, who gives her paper and feather to write, and later on her uncle gives her a fair chance too, by giv­ing her a lovely fire (and so warmth) in “her” library. I really haven’t got a clue what more to tell . It’s just a roman­tic story about a very dull young woman. All is well that ends well. But I’m not fin­ished yet…

My first rule of fic­tion: cre­ate a hero/heroin that acts. Jane Austen fails mis­er­able with Fanny Price. Every­thing hap­pens to her, noth­ing is done by her own actions and still she gets every­thing her heart desires. She has no flaws, no weak­nesses and still she is con­sid­ered a love­able lit­tle crea­ture. How is that pos­si­ble? And how is it pos­si­ble that despite all of this I still give ?
Here is why: the ele­gance and drawn back nature of Fanny Price is reflected in the writ­ing of Jane Austen. That makes this book a plea­sure to read. That and the fact I’m just a sucker for roman­tic fiction.

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