I have, but only because Anne was my mother's favorite Brontë and I was so shocked she had read any of them that I looked into it. I remember liking Agnes Grey quite a bit. More Austen than Brontë I'd say.
Well, other bands know more than three chords. Your professional bands can play up to six, sometimes seven, completely different chords.
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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."
megan walker - Jul 10, 2009 1:57:19 pm PDT #9562 of 28404
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Typo Boy - Jul 10, 2009 3:39:35 pm PDT #9563 of 28404
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
When I was a kid I read a book about the daughter of a Gardner at Palace of the ind. Or maybe just the palace of an aristocrat. She was friends with a kid who worked with his father in Goblin infested mines. She and the miner kid ended up playing key roles in defeating the Goblins, and part of that involved calling things by their right names. Anyone have any idea of what book I'm talking about.
Anne W. - Jul 10, 2009 4:07:44 pm PDT #9564 of 28404
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
"The Princess and the Goblin," maybe? By George MacDonald?
Typo Boy - Jul 10, 2009 4:28:57 pm PDT #9565 of 28404
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Interesting, but no. My memory is not perfect on this but she was definitely a gardner's daughter or granddaughter. One of the key revelations that led her to save the day was dream or vision os supernatural encounter where she was told "a gardener's daughter should know call a spade a spade"
Anne W. - Jul 10, 2009 5:30:39 pm PDT #9566 of 28404
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Ahh... I focused on the goblin and the miner thing, and passed by the gardener. It sounds interesting.
Fay - Jul 10, 2009 7:46:35 pm PDT #9567 of 28404
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I haven't read anything by Anne Brontë. Apparently I should rectify this ASAP.
That was awesome. I don't think it was fair on Emily & Charlotte, mind, 'cause I don't think they are just Twilightfangirl about Mr Rochester or Heathcliff, but - yeah. Point.
But you should totally read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. I was astonished by how modern it was in its sensibility. It's regarded as one of the first feminist novels, apparently - which, yeah, that was my take on it too. Its female protagonist has no truck with men of Heathcliff's ilk.
Amy - Jul 10, 2009 7:49:20 pm PDT #9568 of 28404
Because books.
But you should totally read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
I keep meaning to read that. I've seen one of the Masterpiece Theater productions, and I was really intrigued by the story. Very different sensibility than her sisters.
erikaj - Jul 10, 2009 7:53:10 pm PDT #9569 of 28404
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod....what she said.(But their brother kind of was one, wasn't he? In a 'get high and brood' sort of way.) I only read it because I took a Bronte course, and, yes, I think all three Brontes would be rather horrified by the conclusions that Meyer, in particular, took from their work...I think that was not what any of them intended.
Amy - Jul 11, 2009 6:23:40 pm PDT #9570 of 28404
Because books.
Hey, Holmes fans. Did Irene Adler marry Godfrey Norton in A Scandal in Bohemia? Is that canon?
Dana - Jul 11, 2009 6:24:54 pm PDT #9571 of 28404
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
If that's the guy's name, yeah. They definitely get married.