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I came to this novel expecting to find that the events which unfolded on screen in the 1999 film adaptation would unfold similarly on the page. What I found was altered in so many ways, that they seem to me almost different stories. This is further evidence which supports that it is better to read the book, then see any film adaptation, because the author and the screenwriter are two different people, with different visions, telling different stories.
As for the actual novel - to me, it was the l ...more
As for the actual novel - to me, it was the l ...more
This is actually a very good book! Though I am not sure I am ready to allow it to be so...
It is a very peculiar for Jane Austen book. It lacks the energy of her other novels. Fanny is constantly mistreated, even when her worth is finally recognised. Personally I don't get why so many people don't like Fanny. She has so many virtues and the only comment I have to make about her passivity is that in real life that would have led to her being even more undervalued. People have to fight to get what ...more
It is a very peculiar for Jane Austen book. It lacks the energy of her other novels. Fanny is constantly mistreated, even when her worth is finally recognised. Personally I don't get why so many people don't like Fanny. She has so many virtues and the only comment I have to make about her passivity is that in real life that would have led to her being even more undervalued. People have to fight to get what ...more
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