Re: Schooling in Regency England
On the other hand, it's interesting to speculate whether having a foster son would make a difference and cause him to exert himself more. I think this is a very interesting and unique premise, with...
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starrika Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> When it comes to university, I'm having the same> struggle in deciding between Oxford and Cambridge.> Or, would Collins...
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In my opinion, the best Mr. Collins is in the 1980 BBC version of P&P. He is tall, and physically what would probably be described as heavy looking (there is debate as to that just refers to...
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Although Collin's ability to inherit will always be defeatable until the day Mr Bennet dies, for even an old man can take a young wife, events can be written that can make the Bennets treat/believe...
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I was going to say something along the same lines ... or rather, that from the book we learn that the Bennets gave up hoping for a son some years after Lydia was born. Since Collins was about ten when...
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Suzanne,Re your comments below:> In my opinion, the best Mr. Collins is in the 1980> BBC version of P&P. He is tall, and physically> what would probably be described as heavy looking>...
View ArticleRight, it's Maxwell, not Matthew! Thx for the correction! :)(nfm)
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View ArticleYou make a good point and I am always happy to see a better Mr. Bennet imagined.
Let the repercussions roll!
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I think you could also argue that tutoring boys would interest him and give him even more of an excuse to ignore his family.
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That's a good point. Mrs. Bennet is a pretty big Sisyphean rock to roll uphill, and I could see a lot of fairly energetic people growing apathetic under that strain. Maybe if he had an area where he...
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I think you're right. I like his take. He's serious and strikes one as heavy. He's a little more intimidating and a little less comical, but possibly more impossible for Lizzie to marry.
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Yes, I thought he was good too. My memory is that he was a little bit more on the comical side, but I may need to go re-watch that. It's been awhile and I didn't catch the first reference to LBD. I've...
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You could also have Mrs Bennet feel real affection for Collins, and not fearing for her future, she might be less silly (or even sensible). And I have always thought Mr Bennet's behavior was due in...
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I see all of these points were considered earlier. Oh well...
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I think Mansfield Park shows that it wouldn't be too weird for relatives who are brought up together from about the age of 10 to get married. Not just because Fanny and Edmund eventually do get...
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Wouldn't it be rather beneath a landed gentleman with 2,000 a year to take on some of the education of the boys himself? I've read that JA's father tutored some boys, but he was a clergyman, not a...
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Rose water helps to restore shine lost by washing the hair in days before conditioner [or after an oatmeal dry wash] because it contains a very small amount of attar of roses. The distillation process...
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Also Sense and Sensibility, where Col Brandon fell in love with his cousin Eliza (who, if I remember correctly, spent part of her childhood under the care of her uncle) and was married off to his...
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