Jane Austen

[Mercutio]

Originally posted by BeardofPants
Okay, so I've started reading P & P, and I'm loving it! It took me a while to get into it, but I'm glad I stuck with it. I just got up to the bit where Lizzy turns down Darcy's marriage proposal. Classic stuff! Mrs. Bennet, my god, how can that idiot have managed to birth someone so ... sensible... like Lizzy. I hate her!

Yes. In the BBC mini-series you just think she's a stupid fool! And aren't you so annoyed that Lizzy turned down the proposal!



Austenites (as you all should be called ); another good period movie (its actually more around the turn of the century, 1900), is "A Room with a View," based on the short story by...Forester.

And don't forget to visit the Entmoot of Austen on the web-- www.pemberley.com
Its a great messageboard, info on everything possible, etc.