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January 21, 2012
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Jan 22, 2012 01:25PM
Guess she's not to everyone's taste. I find her cruel wit and subversive observations a delight. But I was never forced to read her, I did it of my own free will :) S&S isn't my favourite. If I had to pick only two, they would be Emma and Persuasion.
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Sense and Sensibility is awful. I was jolted awake midway through by something mildly resembling a plot twist and it kept me from sinking into a coma....for a while. I'm on Northanger Abbey now, which is a lot better, actually. I'll be on to your titles next....
This is my first time reading her. I'm in an Austen course required for getting my master's. I prefer Bronte. :)
I do have to admit that the narrator of Northanger has had me smiling a bit...
I'll take anything I can get! :)
Thanks a million, Elizabeth! If you have any ideas for paper topics, I'd love to hear them, too. :)
I didn't know you were such an austen expert! How did that escape me??
Elizabeth wrote: "These are basically of lot of Jane Eyres in prettier clothes who aren't allowed to ever speak their minds, and yet we can still understand what they're feeling, if we look closely enough."I like the soap box. Forgive me for still hating Austen. Just finished Northanger Abbey and pretty much want to bury my head under my pillow and cry at the brain cells I wasted reading it. :)
Clueless was my favorite movie in high school and I even drove a white jeep like Cher. :) the rest, no, but my group has to present on film adaptations of austen novels.....
Just to tempt you, the BBC P&P series Elizabeth mentioned has Colin Firth in wet jodhpurs -- unforgettable, and not in the book ;) I don't often like film adaptations of books I love, but I enjoyed this one. And although Sense and Sensibility is by no means my favourite Austen, Ang Lee's 1995 adaptation is really good.
Thank you, this is a big help for the presentation. Gahhhhhd one more year of grad school.....eye on prize......eye...on...prize. ;)
Oh my, I love this thread! (Elizabeth, can I unfriend you so I can friend you all over again?!)LPA, I remember that slog. Best wishes.
The Heathcliff thing is hilarious! :)
I find it so interesting that you think Jane Austen (love!) is boring but gave 5 stars to Villette!! I've been slogging through it for weeks now and I'm throwing in the towel - MOST. BORING. BOOK. EVER.
Tippi wrote: "I find it so interesting that you think Jane Austen (love!) is boring but gave 5 stars to Villette!! I've been slogging through it for weeks now and I'm throwing in the towel - MOST. BORING. BOOK. ..."Ohhhhh Tippi, I looooove Villette, literally every word takes my breath away. :) Ok, I admit, that is funny. :)
