I just finished watching "Lost in Austen" for the second time. And even though the film goes for more than 2 and half hours, I still loved every minute of it.
If you haven't watched it yet then I urge you to go do it now. Lost in Austen tells the story of Amanda Price, a woman who is a fan of everything to do with her favorite book Pride and Prejudice. She somehow gets to enter that world one day and gets to see all of her favorite characters in real life.
I truly feel very connected with the character of Amanda Price. A woman who feels like her everyday life is dull and meaningless compared to that of Elizabeth Bennett. She longs for the manners and life style she reads about in her favorite book.
I also easily lose myself in the fantasy of books. I feel myself being absorbed into foreign worlds and wish I could really be there. And like with Amanda Price, people around her tell her how absurd it is to be absorbed into something that isn't real. I've also been told many times that it isn't good to be to concerned with fictional characters because it is nothing more than fantasy.
I can't lie and say that it doesn't break my heart when I hear these words because deep inside I know it's true. I can't really let my life go down the drain because of something that doesn't even exist but on paper. But anytime I feel like I can't really talk to anyone and I need something or someone who could make me feel better, I turn to books.
Books have saved me many times and maybe I do lose the sense of reality at times when I read one. But I'd rather be lost for a while in something as wonderful as the story in a book than to oblige myself to never have met with the pleasure of enjoying one.
With these words I depart to read a new book and lose myself from the world for a little while.
Toddles :)
If you haven't watched it yet then I urge you to go do it now. Lost in Austen tells the story of Amanda Price, a woman who is a fan of everything to do with her favorite book Pride and Prejudice. She somehow gets to enter that world one day and gets to see all of her favorite characters in real life.
I truly feel very connected with the character of Amanda Price. A woman who feels like her everyday life is dull and meaningless compared to that of Elizabeth Bennett. She longs for the manners and life style she reads about in her favorite book.
I also easily lose myself in the fantasy of books. I feel myself being absorbed into foreign worlds and wish I could really be there. And like with Amanda Price, people around her tell her how absurd it is to be absorbed into something that isn't real. I've also been told many times that it isn't good to be to concerned with fictional characters because it is nothing more than fantasy.
I can't lie and say that it doesn't break my heart when I hear these words because deep inside I know it's true. I can't really let my life go down the drain because of something that doesn't even exist but on paper. But anytime I feel like I can't really talk to anyone and I need something or someone who could make me feel better, I turn to books.
Books have saved me many times and maybe I do lose the sense of reality at times when I read one. But I'd rather be lost for a while in something as wonderful as the story in a book than to oblige myself to never have met with the pleasure of enjoying one.
With these words I depart to read a new book and lose myself from the world for a little while.
Toddles :)
