Is there such a thing as too much Austen?

 Mike and I have been watching a lot of Jane Austen-related movies as of late.  We own a few already, (Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasian) but chose to put The Jane Austen Book Club and Lost in Austen on our Netflix list.  Very cute movies; both couched against the backdrop of Jane Austen's famous books.

In the spirit of all things Austen, I cracked open Pride & Prejudice (50 Things, #11) and begun reading.  While I have watched the A&E movie probably a million times, I have yet to read the book.  To entice you, here's the first few words:

Pride & Prejudice, Chapter 1

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.  However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.  

"My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?"  

Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.  

"But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it."  

Mr. Bennet made no answer.  "Do not you want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently.  

"You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it."  

This was invitation enough.

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