I was an English major and didn't read any Austen until I was in my mid-30s.
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
'Never Leave Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Kathy A - Apr 24, 2009 11:29:03 am PDT #8962 of 28414
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Apr 24, 2009 11:34:28 am PDT #8963 of 28414
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I was an English major and didn't read any Austen until I was in my mid-30s.
English was my undergraduate degree, too, and I have read exactly two Austen novels. By the second, I'd worked out that they were all the same, and I was done.
Thomas Hardy and the Brontes (mostly Emily) I could read forever.
Amy - Apr 24, 2009 11:36:26 am PDT #8964 of 28414
Because books.
I hadn't read any Austen till college, and even then I've only ever made it through Emma, which I do love, and most of of Pride and Prejudice. I love her stories and characters, but her style is just too dated for me.
Thomas Hardy and the Brontes (mostly Emily) I could read forever.
::sits next to Seska::
Dana - Apr 24, 2009 11:36:40 am PDT #8965 of 28414
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Thomas Hardy
t hisses, throws tomatoes
Kathy A - Apr 24, 2009 11:38:28 am PDT #8966 of 28414
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Joins Dana in the hissing and throwing, which I did do to Tess. God, that girl's whining got to be waaay too much for me--I just wanted to smack her and say, "Get over it!"
Of course, I feel the same way when I have to watch Gone with the Wind--Scarlett drives me bonkers.
Ginger - Apr 24, 2009 11:47:31 am PDT #8967 of 28414
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Thomas Hardy deserves something stronger than tomatoes.
Sue - Apr 24, 2009 11:48:09 am PDT #8968 of 28414
hip deep in pie
Thomas Hardy deserves something stronger than tomatoes.
Tinned tomatoes?
Ginger - Apr 24, 2009 11:50:43 am PDT #8969 of 28414
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Tinned tomatoes?
Maybe the giant HRI (hotel, restaurant and institution) size.
Dana - Apr 24, 2009 11:51:13 am PDT #8970 of 28414
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Don't forget, I think tomatoes are pretty gross.
Twice, once in high school and once in grad school, I had to read Jude the Obscure. I didn't make it through either time. About 50 pages from the end, it's all too ridiculous.
Ginger - Apr 24, 2009 11:54:54 am PDT #8971 of 28414
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
About 50 pages from the end, it's all too ridiculous.
Did you get as far as young Jude killing the little girls and hanging himself? The only book I had to read that I hated more was Ethan Frome.