Leann, I'm so glad you came out of the closet! I'm especially interested in hearing first-timer's impressions. It was the last JA book I read and I remember so clearly the first time I read this, just laughing and laughing.

] Second, despite all the hints that this is NOT a gothic novel, I am just waiting for some terrible calamity to befall CM. I have the same sense of impending doom that I always have when I read these novels. If Henry turns out to be a cad, I think I'll cry. (Although, I could see that oxygen thief John Thorpe forcing himself on her.)

LOL! Love the expression "oxygen thief John Thorpe". He is a piece of work isn't he?

Ah well, you'll get no spoilers from me, but Catherine does get her chance to be a heroine... ;-)

] Finally, I would like to add a suggestion for a FUP: IT N.A.S. U.T.H.

Quite. ;-)

] (sorry for such a long post, now I'll go back to lurking)