Re: Did Darcy had a lonely childhood?
Jaimy,Like Mariak, I'm inclined to think that Darcy suffers less from a lonely childhood than he does from a lonely young adulthood, thrust into a position of heavy responsibility while barely out of...
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Well the director says further on, that he wanted to portray Darcy as a man wounded by life.I just have a picture in my head, that (for me) brings together the "loving parents", "selfish all my life",...
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But was he not 22/ 23 when his father died? Young and by today´s standard not much out of the teens, but in the past?... I mean Lydia for example was married with 16 and even if she had not eloped...
View ArticleJim, thanks for reminding me ...
... the reason I brought up the actor who played Mr. Collins in the 1995 movie was that it was an example of how the moviemaker's vision in that instance diverged rather sharply from my own as a...
View ArticleRe: An establishment?
I think an "establishment" being formed for her, with a supposedly respectable woman to preside over it (a governess-companion), simply meant that she had left school. In S&S, Col Brandon's ward...
View ArticleRe: Your regency hobby?
I do English country dancing here in the US, and have been to a ball in Bath, and am going to the one in a couple of weeks during the Jane Austen festival. I am nearly 45, and most of the people I...
View ArticleRe: Did Darcy had a lonely childhood?
I don't see Darcy as an unhappy, brooding man, or a man wounded by life, but more as a serious-minded man who was thrust at a comparatively early age into heavy responsibilities, and who...
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mariak Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I think it is more probable that it means a> semi-separate household within her brother's> house.I grant this might be a...
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That "he never appeared dissatisfied" with his manner I understand the way, that he thought of himself as very superior, so of course, he would not be dissatisfied with his manner... but that does not...
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This always seems like such a difficult concept for me--that they would live in separate houses in the same town, instead of together, when she was so young, and I'm sure there was plenty of space for...
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I've always wondered about Georgiana's London "establishment" too, and these explanations make sense. It does seem simpler, however, to write them in one household...
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If I understand it, it was much more than just preparing the young lady to come out (not that this discussion has made that out as an exclusive goal). A lady of Georgiana’s standing would expect to...
View Articlethe etiquette of out
How much would a girl like Georgiana Darcy be in society before actually coming out? The discussion in MP suggests that girls who were not “out” were to be seen, but not heard. Particularly, would...
View ArticleThat's what Nikki said.
Before Hunsford, Darcy only took the trouble to be agreeable to people who were close to him and treated the rest of the world with indifference and sometimes contempt. He knew that this attitude made...
View ArticleRe: the etiquette of out
Here's my guess - I don't have any proper sources, but these are my inferences.I think Georgiana would have been 'seen but not heard' while staying with relatives such as her aunts (and if her mother...
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I suppose it's similar to Caroline and Bingley. She stays in town with her married sibling rather than Bingley renting something for the two of them, and when Bingley has a house in the country, she...
View ArticleRe: the etiquette of out
All of this applies in the city. In the country, things were obviously different. When we see Darcy at Pemberley, he is bringing "a large party" with him--so hosting a house party was not an issue....
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P&P does state that Miss Bingley was to "keep [Bingley's] house" and "preside at his table." That's not a fan invention.As to why Georgiana doesn't live at Pemberley primarily until her brother's...
View ArticleStand up with your sisters?
Somewhere I remember reading that Mr. Bennet's threat to Kitty about no balls unless she stands up with her sisters was about dancing with her sisters, and that this was common for girls who weren't...
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