If you’ve read literally anything I’ve posted before, this won’t be a shock: I’m a huge bookworm. I read like the world’s ending and have somehow converted half my community into fellow book nerds. My Indigo Plus (shoutout to Canadians) pays for itself by mid-January, and Goodreads is one of my most-used apps.
And yes, while I fully support audiobooks — because sometimes a bitch needs to make dinner and power through a slow classic you feel morally obligated to read — I still can’t get on board with e-readers. I either want the dramatic performance in my ears, or I need that paper-smell-in-the-face experience. No in-between.
Whether you’re word-obsessed like me or barely made it through this intro, it’s time to test your classic lit knowledge. Let’s start on page one, with the very first sentence…
Here’s a fun fact: Jane Austen published her novels anonymously, credited only as “A Lady.” Even her own family didn’t know she wrote Pride and Prejudice for a while. Pretty dope, honestly. I dream of anonymously dropping a bestseller, casually buying a house, and letting my family spiral into “Did you win the lottery?” theories. Not that Jane could’ve done that — patriarchy and all — but secret fame? Kind of rock ’n’ roll.