As it’s almost the end of the year I’m just ‘redding up’ (tidying/clearing up) my book reviews. Actually I must admit that this isn’t even a review, just a mention that as expected I enjoyed re-reading Jane Austen’s Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon. However, it’s so long since I actually read the books that I can’t really go into any details!
Luckily Jack read them just before I did so if you’re interested in his thoughts you can have a look here. Can you believe that Jack had never read anything by Jane Austen before 2019?!
I have not reread these recently (although I did watch the first two seasons of Sanditon – the first season was good, if one could suspend some disbelief, but the second was disappointing) but I did really enjoy the movie based on Lady Susan – Love and Friendship.
Happy New Year!
Constance,
People seem to be obsessed with the TV Sanditon but it didn’t grab me, I think I just watched one episode, it seemed too unlikely to me. I didn’t know there was a film based on Lady Susan, I’ll have to see if I can watch it somehow. Thanks for the info.
Oh I adore The Watsons! I think it would have been one of her great novels if it had been completed. It would be interesting to know why it was abandoned.
Nicola,
It’s a mystery, especially as she seems to have spoken of it to Cassandra and had decided how the story was going to be concluded.
Thanks for dropping by!