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Thanks! It's funny how we remember some things so specifically.
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Well, she's judgmental, but she's also right. While jealousy over Edmund does influence her, I also think that if Mary had been a virtuous and principled young woman, Fanny would have wished them well...
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Jim, I agree with you about the acting of Colin Firth. I thought he did a really good job. He may or may not be the ideal Mr. Darcy--I have never felt he really looked the part--but I feel he did act...
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Suzanne, I agree whole-heartedly. The difficult thing about Fanny is that she's a very young character. As much as I'd sometimes like to see her lash out at, say, Mrs. Norris, mostly I'd like to see...
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I agree that Fanny has a strong moral compass, but I don't think she really has the kind of respect for herself that Anne Eliot does. There are excellent reasons for that, and I don't blame her for...
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Well, I guess that's the difficulty for me. Elizabeth weighs other people's treatment of her too heavily, and Fanny weighs it too lightly. She's a person too, and how people treat her is a relevant...
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This is a fair point. As frustrating as I find her, she is somehow a complete and complex character and has to be herself.
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I have Gabby on Facebook. I'll tell her to look here.
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I agree with some of this. Fanny definitely does need to learn how to assert herself a little more, and she needs to let the inner confidence she has in her own opinions work its way to the outside....
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But that's what MP is about. There are two major points in the book where everyone present is attempting to persuade her into doing something she believes to be wrong—participating in the play, and...
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A recent JA purchase
I was in Derbyshire recently and I saw this in a certain National Trust shop and just had to have it. I thought I would post this here for others who might like it.
View ArticleRe: Fanny, Anne, Gaskell's Molly
Agreed. I don't blame Fanny for that defect in her character--considering her temperament and the circumstances, I think it's about as unavoidable as they come--I just want it acknowledged as a defect...
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Fanny's moral compass definitely points true north! And it is a good question where that comes from. I think Edmund probably did a lot of guiding it there and her own natural kindness helped it along....
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I should add that I think her relationship with Edmund is an excellent place to develop that capacity. I don't think Fanny is doomed--I just feel like the story is incomplete, her character still...
View ArticleSuzanne, I agree!
I always wonder what specific examples people are thinking of when they write that Fanny does not stand up for herself. What would you have had her do differently? I'm assuming that critics of Fanny...
View ArticleRe: Blind Luck by Gabby and Nicole
Hi Lily,I'm always so happy to hear people are still interested in my story. I'm also happy to answer any questions about it. :)I've been meaning to finish the revision ever since I graduated....
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Amen to all that you have said!Fanny is certainly not the only judgmental Austen heroine - all of them are judgemental to one degree or another - even Anne Wentworth (who prefers her more elegent mind...
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Jim, my objections to Colin Firth as Darcy were never intended to be a comparison of the actors who played Darcy in PP2 and PP3, although I definitely preferred Matthew Macfadyen, notwithstanding the...
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