![]() ![]() "Perhaps that is not possible for anyone. But these, I suppose, are precisely what you are without." Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies, do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can. I hope I never ridicule what is wise and good. "Certainly," replied Elizabeth-"there are such people, but I hope I am not one of them. The wisest and the best of men-nay, the wisest and best of their actions-may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke." "Miss Bingley," said he, "has given me more credit than can be. "That is an uncommon advantage, and uncommon I hope it will continue, for it would be a great loss to me to have many such acquaintances. ![]() Darcy is not to be laughed at!" cried Elizabeth. that you can secretly pursue them for all you're worth, but can nevertheless publicly display disdain for those openly indulging in that type of behaviour instead of in more cerebral pursuits, and simultaneously proclaim your own chastity? I don't think that attitude died once the Victorian Age was over - it's alive and thriving more than ever! Then again, it just MIGHT be possible that a few people are also rushing to reaffirm their appreciation of Austen as a writer (and social critic) by voting for P&P.Īnd anyway, isn't that part of the appeal of the "baser" - read: physical - sins (lust not being the least of those). OK, the teenage flavor of the month/year seems to get the better of him there as far as top rankings are concerned, but then, those books currently top EVERY single list voted on by the sub-20 set and given the hype surrounding those books, I find it amazing enough that a novel like P&P should still make the first page of that particular list at all.) ![]() at least as incarnated by Colin Firth - or, for that matter, Matthew Macfadyen! :) (Just look at the number of voters for P&P on the Characters you most want to sleep with list. Who says the motive for voting for P&P isn't unabashed lust? To plenty of women, Darcy is practically synonymous with sex appeal. ![]()
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