"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."
-Pride and Prejudice
After almost half a month of reading this masterpiece, I finally finished reading my first classic book, the longest book I've read so far- over 500 pages. Still dreamy though. The first thing I'd like to know is, are the places mentioned in the book (such as Meryton, Hertfordshire, Derbyshire, Loungbourn, and Netherfield) really exist? Because I've never been to London.
"In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will no longer be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." -Darcy
Im in awe of how Jane Austen described the feelings of each character in details. As someone who grew up believing in fairy tales, i was deeply moved by the confession of Mr Darcy.
Not many people know, but my name 'Jane' is actually my second name and was barely used not until I fell in love with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It was only then that I started using my second name.
Anyway, so much about the fairy tale of Mr Darcy and Elizabeth, now that I'm an adult who've acknowledged that there are many kinds of love, there's romance, friendship, love for family, love for God, and even love for animals. But the most important kind of love is self love. Knowing that everyone around us, including ourselves, is ever changing and we have to get to know ourselves and our love ones everyday as it is also another kind of love.
In celebration of love month, the #hivebookclub is hosting a weekly contest that talks about love.
I hope we all spread love and kindness during this heart's month.
That's it for today's blog. See you in my next one!
Sending some love and light
With love, Jane
