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No idea. nossy Send a noteboard - 25/04/2012 10:16:35 PM
I love that book. I never cease to be amazed (and entertained) when everything starts to unfold. I feel silly about that, but it is what it is. :P

I think I must've read it at least thrice, seen the mini-series at least thrice as well, and the Keira Knightley movie once. Somehow it stays good, but I really don't know why. Nostalgia and Jennifer Ehle's pretty eyes can only explain so much, and it's not as if the plot or characters are so particularly original... If it's a masterpiece, it's a very unassuming, subtle kind of masterpiece.

I've seen both, and the movie about 8 times. Or more. I know some don't like it, but I am not in that camp. And I love the music.

See above. :P And as for that question, it changes whenever you ask me, but right now I'm going to say Middlemarch. Eliot is rather less unassuming, at times even openly showing off, but brilliant. Loved Jane Eyre when I read it recently, as well. (Yes, there does seem to be a pattern with the strong 19th century British female protagonists...)

I keep thinking that I need to read Eliot, and it is your fault.
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Just read Pride and Prejudice again. nossy - 25/04/2012 04:21:27 PM 1639 Views
honestly...I liked it better with zombies. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2012 05:15:12 PM 1308 Views
Never read that. nossy - 25/04/2012 10:14:51 PM 1274 Views
it has a lot of the charm of the original, and then the additional charm of zombies LadyLorraine - 25/04/2012 11:36:55 PM 1418 Views
Dawn of the Dreadfuls wasn't bad... Tigr - 26/04/2012 02:04:13 PM 1234 Views
I don't know what it is about that book, but yes, I do love it. Legolas - 25/04/2012 06:56:28 PM 1328 Views
No idea. nossy - 25/04/2012 10:16:35 PM 1298 Views
My fault? Thanks to me, I think you mean. Legolas - 26/04/2012 08:52:15 PM 1240 Views
Love it Camilla - 25/04/2012 08:06:58 PM 1282 Views
I know. nossy - 25/04/2012 10:16:58 PM 1151 Views
Re: I know. Camilla - 01/05/2012 06:31:21 PM 1491 Views
I love Thomas Hardy. Vivien - 25/04/2012 08:33:41 PM 1257 Views
Hm. I never could. Which book particularly? nossy - 25/04/2012 10:09:16 PM 1366 Views
that's what I always thought as well LadyLorraine - 25/04/2012 11:42:29 PM 1375 Views
Jude the Obscure. Vivien - 26/04/2012 03:10:25 AM 1406 Views
Mary's still presented as better than Lydia and their mother. Kind of. Legolas - 26/04/2012 08:40:40 PM 1307 Views
Re: Mary's still presented as better than Lydia and their mother. Kind of. Vivien - 26/04/2012 09:40:14 PM 1538 Views
I love Pride and Prejudice! Beqi - 26/04/2012 01:20:18 AM 1282 Views
Me too. <3 Darcy *NM* nossy - 27/04/2012 10:42:14 PM 566 Views
See, I keep thinking Jane Austen books are "chick lit" but I like them anyway. Tom - 26/04/2012 02:43:07 AM 1259 Views
Oh, come on. Jane Eyre is a great book. Legolas - 26/04/2012 08:42:17 PM 1291 Views
Hated Wuthering Heights. (but not as much as I hate Rochester of course) Vivien - 26/04/2012 09:31:13 PM 1314 Views
I don't think the first adaptation is cheating LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 10:04:14 PM 1190 Views
I think it's all cheating. Vivien - 26/04/2012 11:22:31 PM 1425 Views
I don't know. LadyLorraine - 27/04/2012 12:06:00 AM 1344 Views
I admit she's too good for him - but isn't that part of the point? Legolas - 26/04/2012 10:08:13 PM 1292 Views
Clearly, it did work. Vivien - 26/04/2012 10:43:00 PM 1422 Views
Jane Eyre is bad chick lit. Tom - 27/04/2012 05:59:55 PM 1220 Views
I do too. nossy - 27/04/2012 10:44:13 PM 1207 Views
I think it's great HousealThor - 26/04/2012 04:16:52 AM 1237 Views
It's the dialogue that makes it so much fun. Vodalus - 26/04/2012 05:06:45 AM 1408 Views
Have you seen Lost in Austen? Tim - 26/04/2012 07:59:14 PM 1234 Views
Could someone explain to me why Jane Austen's prose is considered good? Dan - 27/04/2012 12:24:00 AM 1475 Views
I don't like her prose, but I like the dialogue LadyLorraine - 27/04/2012 01:55:50 AM 1368 Views
You're not alone. ironclad - 27/04/2012 01:16:12 PM 1502 Views
I agree with what others have said nossy - 27/04/2012 02:30:31 PM 1316 Views
Dialogue, wit, characters. The plot and descriptive prose are merely functional, true. Legolas - 27/04/2012 11:26:27 PM 1211 Views
The dialogue, wit, and characters I am not puzzled about. Dan - 28/04/2012 03:17:37 AM 1366 Views
That was Dom, you'll have to ask him. Legolas - 28/04/2012 10:30:17 AM 1645 Views
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