Book meme - with a twist!

[pitry]

... The twist is that I'm going to copy lost_spook and ignore the rules and just bold what I read. Yes, even Moby Dick. I made it to half the bloody book.

Comments

[lost_spook]

Heh. I love your comments. Although, how dare you, of course the Brontes have a point! Charlotte in particularly was intended as cathartic medicine for bookish teenagers! (If all you remember is the mad woman in the attic, then, yes, you have read Jane Eyre. Wuthering Heights is completely different. The fun thing about WH is that you can always tell people who have and haven't read it, no matter how intelligent they are trying to sound. People who haven't read it will describe Cathy and Heathcliff as a great romance, or an example of star crossed lovers. At which point you know to raise your eyebrow and ignore them. It's not an easy or nice book, but it is quite something - quite wild and blackly comic and entirely the opposite of what people are always thinking it is. Hence the stupid lovers thing that people come out with

[pitry]

Charlotte in particularly was intended as cathartic medicine for bookish teenagers!

That is very true... and I have been unable to stomach a Bronte book since I was 12! (funnily enough, I read my 'teenager' books when I was 12-13. When I actually hit the ages most people consider as teenager, I lost patience for them).
and hey, I don't remember anything about the book (including if I've read it or not) and even I know the relationship there isn't romantic, it's creepy!

I agree. Bridget Jones is pretty funny and clever, actually. I think probably a lot of people don't realise it's a reworking of Pride & Prejudice. Although I preferred The Edge of Reason. (Its restating of Anne's famous speech in Persuasion was just priceless. And other things.)
But... how... what... how can people miss the fact it's based on P&P? It's the most famous anecdote about the book! It has Mr Darcy!! I've never read the Edge of Reason. So I don't know....

And I'm so impressed by your reading things in different languages. Is there anything that has been

[lost_spook]

I meant people who haven't read Bridget Jones don't necessarily realise. (I think even a few people who watched the film managed to miss it, despite Colin Firth being Mr Darcy and Bridget working for Pemberley Press.)

Well, I always prefer to read in the original, because even the best translation misses things.That's what I always imagine. I always feel slightly bad that I can't read the original. Maybe one day when I have more of a brain, I will try and see if I can brush up my French to reading point, but I think I'll have to settle for translations of most things! Using things you know sounds like a useful way to work. (As you know, I am always impressed by your multilingual abilities

[pitry]

I guess the people who miss it have never read/heard of in details of P&P? Otherwise... I really can't see how they missed the "Colin Firth is Mr Darcy" bit...!

That's what I always imagine. I always feel slightly bad that I can't read the original. Maybe one day when I have more of a brain, I will try and see if I can brush up my French to reading point, but I think I'll have to settle for translations of most things! Using things you know sounds like a useful way to work. (As you know, I am always impressed by your multilingual abilities!)

My multilingual abilities just sound impressive. They're a lot more pants than they sound, honestly. But yeah, there are a lot of things that can't be translated - I have never seen a good translation of Pratchett, for example, even by the best translators. But even the others - you know, there's always nuances that will get lost. Of course, I'm sure I'm missing some nuances anyway when I'm trying to read French or Welsh, but I can pretend I don't :)

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