Spread your wings and fly away

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife".

And so I was in Jane Austen bliss for the first 16 chapters of the book I was reading this morning.

I have no idea what made me pick up my well read copy of Pride and Prejudice as I sat in bed sipping at my tea, while Nig got ready for work. All I know is I looked through a whole pile of new books that wait to be read, and this book caught my eye and glancing at the first page I just continued to read.

Just as I had done when I first read the book at the age of 9.

There is something about favourite books. They captivate you, get caught up in the imagination. You build up a picture of the characters long before they ever become famous as screen plays on telly. You know what is going to happen next, yet they still surprise you. The style it is written in that makes you laugh or cry. The fact that no matter how many times you read it you still are mesmerised by it.

Each one of us has a favourite book that we have read, that remains in our memories one that we will reach out for and read again and again, and I make no apologies for mine being Pride and Prejudice. I don't know why I first read it when I was young, I only remember finding it in my mother's room and needing to get out of the way of my sister at the time, I curled up on the rocking chair that resided in my parent's bedroom and read the book until I had finished it. I still can visualise me in that chair, everytime I read the book.

There have been a few other books that I still re-read and enjoy to this day, but my one overall favourite is my battered copy of Pride and Prejudice.

What is your favourite book?

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