ValiantDust

Today, I would say Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. I don’t really do hard rankings, though. Tomorrow it might be Pride & Prejudice or Persuasion.

Either way, y’all, do yourselves a favour and at least try Jane Austen once. She’s often put in a corner with corny romance novels but I mostly love them, because she’s snarky as hell and her characterizations are astonishingly timeless. Sure, there is romance in the novels and I definitely enjoy it, but maybe the following quotes taken from some final chapters give you an indication of the general tone:

*** and *** were married, the bells rang and everybody smiled

The wedding was very much like other weddings, where the parties have no taste for finery or parade.

Who can be in doubt of what followed? When any two young people take it into their heads to marry, they are pretty sure by perseverance to carry their point, be they ever so poor, ever so imprudent or ever so little likely to be necessary to each other’s ultimate comfort.

For me it’s almost no caffeine anymore, open bedroom window and either walking or cycling for at least half an hour every day. A regular sleep schedule also helps, but I’m very bad at that.