Of course, seven hours of 19th century immersion will mess with your head, and I started to think about what my life would be like were I a character in a Jane Austen novel.
If I were a character in a Jane Austen novel, I would--
- be fairly to mildly pretty but nothing special, except for my amazing wit, impeccable reason and quick thinking skills
- spend copious amounts of time strolling through the English countryside
- have a precocious sister or at least be surrounded by over the top outlandish relatives
- need to marry a well-to-do man to help secure my financial future, but resentful of this fact and hold fast to the romantic notion of marrying for love
- meet an enigmatic and brooding man who appeared to despise me, and I would then return his feelings of disgust
- meet a charming and pleasant man after meeting brooding and enigmatic man, begin to believe in love, but then have my heart dashed after realizing he is a scoundrel
- have the pieces of my shattered heart picked up and reassembled by enigmatic, brooding man once learning that he is actually tenderhearted and kind (and incredibly wealthy)
- finally realize true love does exist and live happily ever after
3 comments:
what are the chances, ann! i just finished watching the 2nd part of the bbc p&p a couple days ago too! (the 1st part came already a couple weeks ago.) i do like watching/reading jane austin, but i think for me it's cause i just can't get over how little their lives actually consisted of. well don't get me wrong, they do a lot, but noone works! they just inherit money and go on trips and to balls. i always enjoy the bits of humor austin adds though--like mr. collins in p&p. the mum cracks me up too cause she's so crazy.
but yeah, i'd have to say grady could care less about these movies--i mean, when the only "action" is who hooked up with whom and who's getting married, blah, blah, i can't imagine that any man would jump at the chance to watch it all unfold. but wow, most women can't get enough of that drama!
No - we think Elizabeth Bennett is crazy. Not to mention intimidating.
I'm glad I could help initiate you into the world of Jane Austen. I don't know why women find her stories so intriguing but for some reason, we keep coming back time and time again. Perhaps we just love a great love story!
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