Tess of the D'Ubervilles! I spit in your eye!
Actually, I pretty much hate all Hardy, but especially Jude the Obscure, after the reading of which I wanted to slit my own throat.
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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Vonnie K - Nov 11, 2005 9:55:42 am PST #8651 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Jessica - Nov 11, 2005 9:58:27 am PST #8652 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was supposed to read Tess for my Victorian Lit class, but ending up tossing it across the room in sheer frustration with that whiny bitch of a title character.
Oh word word word word word. Most annoying book ever.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 11, 2005 10:14:19 am PST #8653 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I love Tess of the D'urbervilles. And Jude the Obscure. But I am aware that there are very few like me. I did see the movie Tess at a formative age, so I sort of knew the story beforehand....
erikaj - Nov 11, 2005 10:39:02 am PST #8654 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I think I would except I think Keira might be too straight-out babealicious to be EB. I think her attractiveness is supposed to sneak up on you after you get to know how great she is(except for the pretty eyes, right?) I'm no purist though, in fact, I'd love to see it as a Mod musical so they could put "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" in it. You purists can be glad I'm skint. I would probably go if I didn't pay full price.
Kathy A - Nov 11, 2005 10:45:01 am PST #8655 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My sister's a P&P book purist, and was disappointed in the BBC miniseries (she preferred the one from a few years before that, seen on PBS), mostly due to the added scene of Darcy diving into the pond (and the wet shirt that followed--oh, excuse me while I wipe up my drool...) and her opinion that Jennifer Ehle was too pretty to play Elizabeth Bennett.
flea - Nov 11, 2005 11:16:35 am PST #8656 of 10002
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I also thought Ehle was a babe, the woman who played the "pretty" sister wasn't as pretty (she has a horse nose!), and [heretic alert] not only did I not like Colin Firth in the pond, I don't like Colin Firth at all.
bon bon - Nov 11, 2005 11:22:09 am PST #8657 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I did like the casting of Ehle, but I particularly liked the casting of Jane. It's enjoyable to think that ol' horse-face was the beauty of the neighborhood in P&P.
flea - Nov 11, 2005 11:23:23 am PST #8658 of 10002
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Ah, the early nineteenth century, when men loved dogs and horses...
Scrappy - Nov 11, 2005 11:34:45 am PST #8659 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I htink it's a cultural thing. Jane had a serene face and that peaches and cream thing the English love. I often see women of that cast portraying "beauties" in English dramas and I never get it.
Vonnie K - Nov 11, 2005 11:52:34 am PST #8660 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Susannah Harker has such a placid, period face. She also played the incredibly virtuous Methodist Dinah Morris in the adaptation of "Adam Bede".
She's very good as one of the leads in the "Ultraviolet" though, playing a very modern, poised and rather steely physician.