Looking for older fic- Darcy has a rival for Elizabeth
Hi all, this is my very first post on Dwiggie. Although I've been lurking since 2005 on austen-com. I'm coming out of the shadows to search for an older fic. I can't remember the title or author. I...
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I think the most influential form Nick and Nora Charles have taken is definitely the film one. I haven't read much Dashiell Hammett but I'm told that the books are very dark. The Nick and Nora Charles...
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So, if you could pick any actor or actress, stage or screen, from any time, and assemble the perfect P&P cast, who would you pick?I would love to see Myrna Loy play Elizabeth Bennet. Her role in...
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I do buy Regency novels through Amazon, but I have a limited budget. And I'd hate miss out on any of your stories. :)Lisette
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I think the story you're looking for is A Fair Prospect. It's been published, so I'm not sure if it's still archived here. As I remember, in this story it was rather that Darcy thought this guy was a...
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I honestly can't think of any, because neither Roderick Alleyn nor Lord Peter Whimsey are as such partnered by their respective spouses; just influenced by their input. Though I DO like best the...
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Lauren Bacall and either Viggo Mordensen or Oliver Reed for Lizzy and Darcy. Jimmy Nail for Mr Bennet. Geraldine Chaplin for Jane. Raquel Welch as Lydia. Julia McKenzie as Mrs Bennet because she's a...
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Sarah,Re your comments:> I honestly can't think of any, because neither> Roderick Alleyn nor Lord Peter Whimsey are as such> partnered by their respective spouses; just> influenced by...
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If one is serializing a story over at the "Message Board," and is waiting until the required time passes to post the next installment, is the day the previous installment was posted "Day One,": for...
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After. Example:If you post on Monday, 3 days would Thursday and 4 would be Friday.
View ArticleRe: Looking for older fic- Darcy has a rival for Elizabeth
Abigail Reynolds wrote a great story with a Darcy rival, called Without Reserve. It may have been published under a different name as well. However, it does come with healthy dollops of very adult...
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I didn't discover Hammett until my husband introduced me to films noir and I went looking for books...I had however long since read the story of the blitz ripper. [I read things like autobiographies...
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Lol! I recognized about two of those actors. I'm terrible with modern ones especially. But I think Antonio Banderas as Wickham is brilliant. You're right, he absolutely has to have some appeal. You...
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Jim D. Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------In any case, the light-hearted, witty approach taken by the Thin Man films heavily influenced subsequent depictions of married...
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This book is the lightest of his novels, but it's darker than the movie (and the movie is a lot darker than the sequels I can remember). Still, it's not as grim as Red Harvest or The Dain Curse.
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Jane should be Grace Kelly. And Wickham could be Cary Grant, if you could get him to take a villainous role.
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Would you say Chandler's influence is even greater than Hammett's? The lyrical element in Chandler's writing is missing from Hammett, but the sense of 'good is a vacation from evil' that I think of as...
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Harvey,Re your comments and questions:> Would you say Chandler's influence is even greater> than Hammett's? The lyrical element in Chandler's> writing is missing from Hammett, but the sense...
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