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jeanniecee

Weekend

Aug 30, 2009 18:46

I've had a pretty relaxed weekend. Lots of computer games and reading. Scott's been over at our house a lot. Tony's helping him move right now.

There still aren't any jobs for me to apply for.

I'm thinking about going for some day care jobs this year if I don't get anything else this September. I love teaching so much but not knowing one month to ( Read more... )

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wolfcaroling September 9 2009, 00:29:47 UTC

That book made me laugh so hard. All the "English parts" and vomiting are added, as are any particularly snarky things. I know the book by frigging heart so the changes jump our glaringly to me.

While I found it very amusing, I actually found it harder to read than the original. The changes were amusing for their novelty value, but it ultimately intefered with me enjoying the story on its own merits. Jane Austen is actually hilarious in her own right, but you have to really watch because the humour is so subtle. I really enjoy watching dramatizations of Jane Austen, like BBC's version of P&P starring Colin Firth, because even when they do it absolutely word-for-word (like the one I just mentioned) you realize how zany Austen's characters are.

The adaptation brought their zaniness to the forefront, making it more blatant, but I didn't get caught up in the REAL story. I just keep picking it up, reading a small section, and giggling. I can't read it like a BOOK.

jeanniecee September 9 2009, 13:58:10 UTC

I'm not actually a Jane Austin fan, or a Zombie fan, which made enjoying this book pretty funny. I think I would appriciate Austin more now, but when I first tried to read her books I found them really dull and hard to read. There were too many names and too much telling rather than showing (because that's what authors did back then) and I didn't care about the things they cared about. I did enjoy the BBC version as well as Bride and Prejudice, the Bollywood version which I'd like to see again.

wolfcaroling September 10 2009, 20:07:02 UTC

I recommend re-watching the BBC version, then trying the real version. Actually, my biggest beef with Austen is that she did TOO much showing, and not enough telling. She never dwells on visual details (no mention of hair colour, or what someone is wearing, or the weather) and she never explains the societal norms that the characters operate under ( ... )