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Pride and Prejudice; Have you read it?
Topic Started: Dec 5 2006, 12:40 AM (600 Views)
ElvenLight	Jul 11 2007, 03:16 AM Post #16
Smuggler Posts: 633 Group: Members Member #16 Joined: March 14, 2006	Quote: Ooh, I finally got my hands on a copy of Sandition! That's on the top after the book I'm reading now, so I'll let you know what I think of it. I'm glad you found it! I hope you like it as much as I do. I'm about to start Pride and Prescience, despite the strange * Spoiler: click to toggle supernatural storyline. * I wonder why the author made that decision; it seems rather odd. Quote: “She would, if asked, tell us many particulars about the subsequent career of some of her people. In this traditionary way we learned… that Kitty Bennet was satisfactorily married to a clergyman near Pemberley." I want to know more! That's exactly how I feel! I was delighted to read in a letter Jane wrote: Quote: Henry and I went to the exhibition in Spring Gardens. It is not thought a good collection, but I was very well pleased, particularly (pray tell Fanny) with a small portrait of Mrs. Bingley, excessively like her. I went in hopes of seeing one of her sister, but there was no Mrs. Darcy. Perhaps, however, I may find her in the great exhibition, which we shall go to if we have time. I have no chance of her in the collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds's paintings, which is now showing in Pall Mall, and which we are also to visit. Mrs. Bingley's is exactly herself -- size, shaped face, features, and sweetness; there never was a greater likeness. She is dressed in a white gown, with green ornaments, which convinces me of what I had always supposed, that green was a favourite colour with her. I dare say Mrs. D. will be in yellow ... We have been both to the exhibition and Sir J. Reynolds's, and I am disappointed, for there was nothing like Mrs. D. at either. I can only imagine that Mr. D. prizes any picture of her too much to like it should be exposed to the public eye. I can imagine he would have that sort of feeling -- that mixture of love, pride, and delicacy. Wouldn't you love to see that picture? Quote: I haven't read the book, but I did see the movie. I really liked it, although my sister and my mom didn't as much as I did. I would be interested in reading the book. Did you like it? I just recently saw the movie (which I absolutely loved). I read the book a short while afterwards. I was interested to see the book referred to as "Pride and Prejudice with a social conscience." It is certainly like P&P in some ways. It isn't as comical as P&P, but It does have some moments that struck me as equally romantic. I thought it started out a little slow, but once you get into it it's really a very interesting book. I would recommend it, as long as you know what you are getting into. (That is to say, don't expect it to be Pride and Prejudice. Try to enjoy it on its own merits, and everything should be fine.)



pirategirl0306	Oct 21 2008, 11:59 PM Post #17
Navigator Posts: 1,816 Group: Admin Member #78 Joined: March 25, 2006	It's been awhile since we've all had a good Jane Austen discussion. So I'll jumpstart us again (hopefully someone actually responds!). First, in response to Light's last post... I loved Sanditon! Oh my gosh, I was so impressed. I had forgotten how much of it Jane Austen herself had written, and there was no way I could tell where the new lady picked up. I love the heroine Charlotte, I loved the ending. It was all very excellent. And I would love to see that painting! It would be cool to see exactly how Jane Austen pictured Miss Bingley. It's kind of like what Stephenie Meyer had done with Twilight before they made a movie. She posted pictures on her websites of the actors that she thought most fit as her characters. Too bad there wasn't an Elizabeth portrait there as well! Okay, new recommendations: That Jane Austen mystery series I was reading was great. I think the author did a very good job of portraying Jane. She may be a bit more like Elizabeth Bennet than Jane actually was, but she's a very likeable character and has a similar personality to what Jane herself had, by what I've read. I also like that the author made them fairly historically accurate. There is always an afterward explaining the actual historical events. I've got the last one in my stack of books to read, and I'm looking forward to it, although I'll be sad to see the series end. That title for you again was Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barron. I don't generally have high expectations for Jane Austen sequels, but Old Friends and New Fancies by Sybil G. Brinton was excellent! It was the first sequel ever written, in something like 1929. In the book, various secondary characters from all the novels meet up or are connected in some way. Some of the principal characters are there as well. I loved it, though. It very much seems like something Jane Austen would have written. I finally saw the new BBC movies as well when they were on PBS earlier this year. Mansfield Park was definitely my least favorite, and not just because the book was my least favorite. They changed too much of the story, for one thing. The actress that played Fanny didn't fit in the time period, for another. Persuasion was all right. They changed the ending, which has always been my favorite part and should have infuriated me, but the alternative was still slightly cute and romantic. Nowhere near as good as the original ending with the letter, though. Sense and Sensibility was also very good. It was the longest, and it was very close to the novel. The thing I didn't like, though, is that the book itself does have some humor in it. The Emma Thompson version plays it up and even adds in more, but this version takes it all out! They made Willoughby much more unpleasant in his explanation to Elinor than the book did, also. It's been awhile, so those are the only details I can remember. Oh, the girl who played Margaret was darling, and I've just seen her again in Ballet Shoes, which I would also recommend. Surprisingly, Northanger Abbey was my favorite of all the new movies! I liked the book, but I didn't love it, so I was surprised. I guess I shouldn't be, though, because humor is important to me in a man, and Henry Tilney is definitely the most funny of all the Jane Austen heroes. Plus, the guy who played him kind of looked like he could be Jude Law's brother. (Not quite as attractive, but you know.) The girl who played Catherine was darling, also. I just watched it again over the weekend with some friends and fell in love all over again. They didn't redo Emma and just rebroadcast the Kate Beckinsale version, which I really enjoy. And of course they didn't redo P&P. Why would they when it's so immensely popular?


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