Burney the woman writer.....

I would have to say that I did really enjoy reading this novel. It was exciting to finally read something by a woman. Although I am a picky reader, I have a few authors I prefer to read, such as J. K. Rowling, and Lurlene McDaniel who is a teen writer. I really did enjoy reading Burney. It was so much more different then reading one of these kinds of novels written by men. Every book we have read this semester has been written by men and the novels all speak of women and what they think and feel. I feel that for a man to write that kind of novel back then especially is so typical. It was kind of insulting a little when I read Pamela and everything that she was feeling as well as Shamela. I felt that it was so typical of the men of those days, for them to describe us women that way. But reading Burney it just felt like Evelina was very real, a little naive but real. Basically what Evelina goes through is so typical of a teenager to go through. Evelina not knowing of her feelings for Lord Orville was a bit comical to me. It was as if I was reading about the teenager girls I hear talking on the buses or trains. The teenagers of our days are always having conversations how she doesn't know if she loves the boy or not and this and that. Sometimes I want to turn to them and say, stop all this non-sense and deal with life. Grow up a little and just concentrate on school, because that should be your number one priority. I felt like saying that to Evelina. Every time I read what she was going through, I just felt like she didn't really have anybody who helped her. Marriage isn't for anyone and maybe it’s the wrong time for her to go out looking for marriage. But overall the novel was very fascinating and different. It was nice reading a women's perspective for a change.