I’m reading “Pride and prejudice” and I’m strangely enjoying it. I like the characters and the story, I’m really hooked with the book, but I don’t really know why it is so interesting and how Austen makes me feel interested in a book that, maybe just in the surface, is so mundane.
In the past, I also read “Sense and sensibility” for University and I also enjoyed it very much.
How do you think Austen makes this? How does she make a realistic and simple book so interesting in its story and its characters?
If you can portray characters really well, I don’t think they need to be the most remarkable people in the world for your writing to be interesting. Do that plus put them in an important/difficult time in their lives, and you’re well on your way. And if you also happen to employ some of the prettiest prose ever, well that’s a classic!