jane austen, jane eyre. renaissance daughters, sense and sensibility

Its hard to love jane austen and charlotte bronte when none of my friends seem to think that reading sense and sensibility as well as wuthering heights is worth it. I am a filipina, so it is very hard to find a friend who reads the same book as me, i cannot even convince my sister to love her books. but oh well, i dont mind being the only one in the group who is engrossed and in love with classical women's writing. sure a friend of mine told me that classical books written by jane is one sided and is too boring- but i have fun in it, sure there are times when the plot of the story is too long, jane austen can talk about the scenario over and over again and some of the characters are predictable..but i call this my london soap opera.
There were a lot of time when i wished i lived in that era. i just love the way they dressed. well the part where they did not comment much on weight and the woman who has flesh on her cheeks was considered beautiful. in fact the way the english women conducted their life was odd, there were a lot of unnecessary rules- like the part where women would be the one who would give men the money when they are wed. Men are actually hunting for women who have fortune in the past, while women would hunt for titles>( even if they did not have any money) just as long as they are considered as dukes and earls. it was really funny when there real characteristics come out, they dress so pretty and sophisticated, they take considerable time in planning what to wear,,,but deep inside them,..we are no different. the modern women is no different at all. we all just want to find love.well we still do a lot of twist and turns with our hair and at times we want to imitate the so called fashionable, but like jane austen's characters there are times when we let go of that and just run like the wind.
however, the heroine of jane austen's stories are strong in mind, it shows taste, real taste, it shows how to properly conduct oneself and still get the one thing you like the most...anyway...i just wrote this blog to exclaim my utter love for this kind of life. Well , i will never get to live in that era, wear the dress, sit in the carriage, smell the flowers or have my Mr. Darcy announce the proposal to society---but i get to live in it for several days while reading the book......oh classical!