vinlander71 has a strange, irrational, yet deeply visceral loathing of Jane Austin. The roots appear to be in a traumatic school experience, but I can't seem to get him to get over it and read/watch anything related to her. Which is very odd, because although he'll protest at "chick flicks", he is pretty much guaranteed to enjoy them.
School was where both PreZ and I came into contact with her. For him it was required reading, and he said that he enjoyed it a lot and was probably the only one to finish it well before it was required.
In my case we were free to read what we liked for English, as long as we got up to like 20 or 30 'points'. We had a lit. list that assigned points to books, from say 0.5 or 1 up to 3. Mostly it seemed to be based on the length of the book. Also a scheme that a publisher had in Holland was to bring out a set of 5 classics or novels from the lit. list each year, bundle them and sell them through the schools for 25 guilders. Now that would be around $2.50 per book, and so it was a great way to build up a library. They did this scheme with Dutch, English and German novels, and then went on to expand to do Dutch and English bundles aimed at younger readers in primary schools too. Pride and Prejudice was one of the books that was in one of the bundles I'd bought, and as good a choice as any for me at the time.
I just loved it when I read it. There's such wit in the piece, the way people needle each other verbally, the politicking that happens in the conversations, the hidden meanings. I loved it, it was great. Then a few years later of course I was happy to hear that the BBC was going to air a new miniseries, and boy was I hooked. They really nailed the elements of the book, and they absolutely nailed the casting in that piece too and brought to life all the elements that I'd loved, and that PreZ loved.
If you ever want to borrow the dvd set to try and get him to watch it, let me know.
I have to say, of the three Austen novels I've read, Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility and Emma, P&P ranks as my favourite. While Emma's a lot of fun, S&S didn't jump off the page as much for me, and the witty repartee in P&P surpasses both for me.
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Date: 2004-02-03 10:21 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-03 11:46 am (UTC)In my case we were free to read what we liked for English, as long as we got up to like 20 or 30 'points'. We had a lit. list that assigned points to books, from say 0.5 or 1 up to 3. Mostly it seemed to be based on the length of the book. Also a scheme that a publisher had in Holland was to bring out a set of 5 classics or novels from the lit. list each year, bundle them and sell them through the schools for 25 guilders. Now that would be around $2.50 per book, and so it was a great way to build up a library. They did this scheme with Dutch, English and German novels, and then went on to expand to do Dutch and English bundles aimed at younger readers in primary schools too. Pride and Prejudice was one of the books that was in one of the bundles I'd bought, and as good a choice as any for me at the time.
I just loved it when I read it. There's such wit in the piece, the way people needle each other verbally, the politicking that happens in the conversations, the hidden meanings. I loved it, it was great. Then a few years later of course I was happy to hear that the BBC was going to air a new miniseries, and boy was I hooked. They really nailed the elements of the book, and they absolutely nailed the casting in that piece too and brought to life all the elements that I'd loved, and that PreZ loved.
If you ever want to borrow the dvd set to try and get him to watch it, let me know.
I have to say, of the three Austen novels I've read, Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility and Emma, P&P ranks as my favourite. While Emma's a lot of fun, S&S didn't jump off the page as much for me, and the witty repartee in P&P surpasses both for me.