some questions/comments to chew on while you read the next 8 chapters for our online discussion tomorrow:

1/ please convince me to finish this book.

2/ i'm serious.

3/ what i mean is, in today's society/culture, why read a comedy of manners of a culture that we really don't understand?

4/ the only example that i can think of that is a modern-day comedy of manners is the TV sit-com, The Office. and this show is funny to me because i lived the life of Pam Beasly - the secretary/receptionist with an imappropriate-comment-making boss. So I can appreciate the humor in this program.

5/ jane austen's books are considered "classics." my husband remembers having to read "Pride and Prejudice" in 10th grade. and he hated it. do we need to force reading like this onto students of those ages?