52 The Friday 56: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda over at Freda's Voice.

how to participate:

• grab a book, any book.
• turn to page 56 or 56% of your e-reader
• find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you.
• post it.
• add your (url) post in Linky HERE. add the post url, not your blog url. it's that simple.

as a tribute to bloggers and readers everywhere who are celebrating Austen in August, i shall be sharing this month some snippets from some of my favorite novels by Jane Austen plus a couple of variations on her work by other authors.

“The person of whom I speak is a gentleman, and a stranger.” Mrs. Bennet’s eyes sparkled. “A gentleman and a stranger! It is Mr. Bingley, I am sure! Well, I am sure I shall be extremely glad to see Mr. Bingley. But—good Lord! how unlucky! There is not a bit of fish to be got to-day. Lydia, my love, ring the bell—I must speak to Hill this moment.”
“It is not Mr. Bingley,” said her husband; “it is a person whom I never saw in the whole course of my life.”
This roused a general astonishment; and he had the pleasure of being eagerly questioned by his wife and his five daughters at once.


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