Shortly after a friend told me that Jane Austen's books are filled with humor, the classics group I'm part of picked Pride and Prejudice as one of the August reads. This was the perfect storm that finally enticed me to read a Jane Austen book. I had thought Jane Austen books were more serious about romance and courtship and had no desire to read one. I can get caught up in a romance when it's secondary to another story. Here, the humor came first. There really wasn't even much in the way of romance. There was a focus on courtship etiquette among classes and family reputations. 
 This book was a short quick read that was lots of fun. You won't find much in the way of atmospheric descriptions, it's chock full of witty dialogue and all about attitude. I loved the humor and the general theme of how looking negatively on people and situations can be detrimental to your own happiness. We are shown how both pride and prejudice can be equally destructive. What most people focus on in this book is Elizabeth & Darcy because they're the one's with the most consequential pride and prejudices. I found the most important relationship to be between Elizabeth and her sister Jane. The contrast of their actions and temperaments were key to the whole theme. Jane chose to see things differently and could have been happy regardless of the outcome whereas Elizabeth could not. 
 I'll try another Austen book when I'm in the mood for something light & funny with a good dose of irony wrapped in beautiful language.