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Post by jklinders on Feb 26, 2011 14:46:43 GMT 1
I was actually thinking it sounded rather Jane Austin. But Ican't remember if there was a character in Pride and Prejudice named Marianne.
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Post by Clint Johnston on Feb 26, 2011 15:58:20 GMT 1
Nope. I had the misfortune of reading it last year. Though Bennett is the surname of the protagonists.
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Post by Mister Buch on Feb 26, 2011 18:56:45 GMT 1
Pride and Prejudice is good! It was never compulsory up here, incidentally. We had 'of Mice and Men' and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and a lot of Shakespeare for our set books.
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Post by MarianneClaus on Feb 26, 2011 19:25:36 GMT 1
Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite books and that is where the last name came from. "Marianne" is actually a funny story. When I was taking some acting classes at a community college a few years ago, there was this lady in her mid forties who was also taking the classes. Her name was Annemarie and I thought, "that's who I want to be when I get older!" So, I created my pen name by switching hers around.
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Post by jklinders on Feb 26, 2011 20:16:21 GMT 1
Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite books and that is where the last name came from. "Marianne" is actually a funny story. When I was taking some acting classes at a community college a few years ago, there was this lady in her mid forties who was also taking the classes. Her name was Annemarie and I thought, "that's who I want to be when I get older!" So, I created my pen name by switching hers around. I was half right. Ha! I never read it but I saw one of the adaptations. It was a multi-part miniseries that was supposed to be pretty faithful. I enjoyed the satire that the adaptation portrayed.
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Post by MarianneClaus on Feb 26, 2011 20:21:27 GMT 1
I was half right. Ha! I never read it but I saw one of the adaptations. It was a multi-part miniseries that was supposed to be pretty faithful. I enjoyed the satire that the adaptation portrayed. Ooh, was that the one with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy? That one is very good
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Post by Mister Buch on Feb 26, 2011 21:27:07 GMT 1
The famous BBC one. It was brilliant
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Post by jklinders on Feb 26, 2011 21:41:23 GMT 1
Ya that's the one. I doubt I will ever pick the book up but that mini series was excellent.
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Post by Clint Johnston on Feb 27, 2011 5:30:20 GMT 1
Jane Austen started chick flicks. For that I tend to avoid her. Pride & Prejudice isn't as bad as the crap they come up with today though.
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Post by Roman Candle on Feb 27, 2011 8:01:53 GMT 1
Concerning Pride and Prejudice, I always found this humorous. It is a line from Donald Miller in his book Blue Like Jazz:
I understand you can learn a lot about girldom by reading Pride and Prejudice, and I own a copy, but I have never read it. I tried. It was given to me by a girl with a little note inside that read: "What is in this book is the heart of a woman." I am sure that the heart of a woman is pure and lovely, but the first chapter of said heart is hopelessly boring. Nobody dies at all. I keep the book on my shelf because girls come into my room, sit on my couch, and eye the books on the adjacent shelf. "You have a copy of Pride and Prejudice," they exclaim in a gentle sigh and smile. "Yes," I say, "yes I do."
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