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This is from From How to Become Ridiculously Well-Read in One Evening, compiled by E. O. Parrott (Viking, Penguin Books, 1985). It's a collection of spoofs (about 1 page apiece, attempting to cleverly summarize famous works of literature). Ask me for a book and I'll see if it's in there (but they take a while to type up.) They range from letters to poems to sonnets to newspaper headlines to conversations.
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09-01-2004, 01:45 PM | #82 |
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LOL I've spent hours in bookshops reading that book (since I'm too stingy to buy the thing).
I like the bit: "classy Darcy (Lizzy-dizzy)" as long as you don't have a Northern accent of course.
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I've just finished Pride and Prejudice and despite my expectations, I actually liked it. I didn't expect to like a book that basically consisted of people standing around talking. But much to my surprise, I liked it except for the fact that it was slow reading for me. I guess all the intrigue and drama kept me interested (as well as all the idiots that abound in that book).
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Have you read Persuasion? Often times that is the best intro for a guy to reading Austen.
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01-25-2005, 07:00 PM | #85 |
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Ugh, Mr. Collins, indeed. I can still hear Mrs. Bennet's shrill voice crying out for Mr. Collins from the beeb miniseries.... ::shudder::
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Oh, "Persuasion" is great, but in a way, it's even less action than P&P, IMO. It's a lot of what's going on in what's-her-name's head.
*goes to find the book to find out what's-her-name's name* Aaaack! It's GONE! It's GONE!! And Northanger Abbey is gone too!!!! Who did I loan them to?!?! Oh, woe is me!!! Rats!! *sigh* It must have been my sister-in-law - I'll call her tomorrow. "Northanger Abbey" is more lively - really funny! And Henry is a great character, so a guy might identify with that book more.
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ANNE!! *smacks brain and re-boots it*
Thanks Yeah, Northanger Abbey just had me in stitches! Henry is really funny. Emma is great, and I thought the movie with Gweneth Paltrow was a v. good adaptation. Have you guys seen it?
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Yes...I like it a lot. However, if I was a die-hard Janeite, I'd go for the Beckinsale version--better matches Austen's original. And I'm not sure if I'm that die-hard, since I enjoyed the recent Mansfield Park movie (there were lots of liberties taken with that...as a movie it stood well by itself, as Austen, not so much).
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Pride and Prejudice voted most romantic novel of all time
They're screening the TV adaptation in the common room here tomorrow, for all us sad people who can't get dates (or who prefer Austen to Valentine's Day )
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When my boyfriend dumped me a couple of weeks ago. My mum attempted to console my by saying I could call him Mr. Elton.
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So the new P&P comes out in Sepember at the Toronto Film Festival and then the UK...The U.S. doesn't get it until November. And then it starts only in select theaters (NY & LA).
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So have any of our UK-ians gone to see the new P&P?
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It's not on general release yet. I'm planning to go on Thursday...
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Can anyone tell me why, in P&P, it says --------shire all the time instead of giving a name?
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I've borrowed this from a wonderful Austen site everyone must visit: www.pemberley.com
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I think there's also a (c), which is that P&P is fairly obviously set in a neighbourhood similar to Austen's own home, and even while her authorship was secret she wouldn't have wanted to be accused of depicting real people she knew who lived there. Imagine local gossip saying you were the original of Mrs Bennett! When her novels are set further afield in counties she had less connection with, she doesn't avoid naming them outright (P&P says Rosings is in Kent, Mansfield Park opens by saying that the house is in Northamptonshire and in Persuasion Kellynch Hall is said to be in Somerset). Cities or large towns are usually named directly e.g. London, Bath, Lyme Regis etc.
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