tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644642694459076188.post627054804764905600..comments2023-09-09T04:44:45.290-07:00Comments on The Little White Attic: How Much of a Janeite Am I?Lynnaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717761180835909042noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644642694459076188.post-70871127762772072262010-01-29T17:24:54.251-08:002010-01-29T17:24:54.251-08:00Twenty two years.Twenty two years.Lynnaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717761180835909042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644642694459076188.post-82008233303661633992010-01-29T16:53:40.976-08:002010-01-29T16:53:40.976-08:00@Lynnae:
"You take delight in vexing me. You...@Lynnae: <br />"You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion on my poor nerves." <br />"You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least."Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11638247256991934630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644642694459076188.post-78790738520416878182010-01-29T13:51:39.668-08:002010-01-29T13:51:39.668-08:00Why do you like to make me mad. Don't even Jok...Why do you like to make me mad. Don't even Joke about Austen vs. Bronte.<br /><br />Ramsam, I think it takes a while to get into the flow of the language. I'm used to it now, and I know them so well, but I remember when I started It all seemed so formal, like another language almost. Now when I get reading them it's not to think and speak in 'Austen language'. Just give it time to and it will begin to sound more natural. A good school version with notes and explanations can help too.<br /> One more idea... I know this won't help you with your book club, but I find 'Northanger Abbey' a little easier to read because there is more of Jane's own 'voice' in the narration.Lynnaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717761180835909042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644642694459076188.post-24558792026234969052010-01-29T13:28:00.049-08:002010-01-29T13:28:00.049-08:00I kid of course.I kid of course.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11638247256991934630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644642694459076188.post-10198645213936606782010-01-29T13:27:33.306-08:002010-01-29T13:27:33.306-08:00@Ramsam: I think you are just picking up on the na...@Ramsam: I think you are just picking up on the natural superiority of the Brontes compared to that overrated hack Jane Austen. <br />From my extensive knowledge of Jane Eyre (watching part of it on PBS last year), I think it's great how the unattractive girl ends up with the blind guy and everything works out fine.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11638247256991934630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644642694459076188.post-53873694894214040202010-01-29T09:53:38.886-08:002010-01-29T09:53:38.886-08:00ready = reading
oops!ready = reading<br />oops!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11957223010844358916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644642694459076188.post-52194511990448115622010-01-29T09:52:58.633-08:002010-01-29T09:52:58.633-08:00I would be so low it would be sad.
I just started...I would be so low it would be sad. <br />I just started Sense and Sensibility and ummmmmmm ouch, it is hard. What am I doing wrong? I love the movie and story, but this is not grabbing me even like Jane Eyre did ( I couldn't put that down!). I need a lesson on ready Austen, because I am no good at it, and I feel like the only person in the world who says that. Mom will hate me if I admit this at book club.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11957223010844358916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644642694459076188.post-55215361769895602072010-01-28T12:31:52.226-08:002010-01-28T12:31:52.226-08:00You go GIRL!! That's amazing and also hard to...You go GIRL!! That's amazing and also hard to believe that anyone NOT on a Jane Austen board or a curator of her books and artifacts could have scored higher!Artzy Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673859463601796744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644642694459076188.post-90170274990454507192010-01-27T17:36:08.089-08:002010-01-27T17:36:08.089-08:00Nice! You are awesome.Nice! You are awesome.Kristina P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16144488639100871226noreply@blogger.com