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5. Penelope and Odysseus.Out of all the messed-up relationships in Greek mythology and literature (Oedipus the original motherfucker, Agamemnon hacked to pieces in the bath, Freakin' Zeus and Achilles' IS THERE NO ONE ELSE), Odysseus and Penelope are a bastion of common sense and decency. Sure, he sleeps with ( Read more... )

1. If masturbation in Victorian adolescent literature is a sort of 'closeted narcissism' because it puts the self before the side, why are there not more cricket team orgies in nineteenth century school stories?

2. Charlie Bit Me3. David Morrisey. Best Colonel Brandon or BEST Colonel Brandon ( Read more... )

Can I just ask? Why would one write Jane Austen paraliterature if one had, and I quote, "never been a fan of Austen's"?

I'm sorry. I don't get it. Mary Bennet's character fascinates you, sure. But writing a novel based on Pride and Prejudice, which assassinates the characterisation and charm of Austen's most well-known and loved characters? ( Read more... )

I was reading Anne of Avonlea and realised that the layout of Green Gables in my head is exactly like that of my grandparent's house. Looking at my bookshelves, I discovered that this is the same for pretty much anything I've ever read that has a fairly normal domestic setting - and even some books that don't (I'm pretty sure the kitchen at the ( Read more... )

I was going to write a spectacular post bringing in the New Year. It was going to be emotional and humourous and basically like a piece of music to the ear. It would make you laugh, cry and change your life. I began composing it on the way down the Gorge to work this morning, a time which has become my thinking time ( Read more... )

(apart from, you know, four exams and another month worth of study) DONE.

Can I just say, I am totally in favour of 'Our Blackest Day Ever' headlines if Lloyd Jones loses the Bookers. So, that article pretty much made my afternoon.

Notes from my English lectureKATIE: I have a question - why do you not mind multiple ?'s but you do mind many !'s ( Read more... )

Anne runs around Bath, frantically trying to find Captain Wentworth. Fair enough, he is damned sexy, in a brooding, James Bondian kind of way.

MUM: See, Aimee, this is why you need to exercise.
AIMEE: So when I need to find the love of my life I can just run around Bath looking for him?
MUM: Precisely.

Just out for a walk now...

My classics lecturer said this the other day, I wrote it down in my diary because it made me laugh, and I can now no longer recall what it was about even after looking through my notes for passages on winnowing fans. Clearly, I am losing my mind. What is a winnowing fan anyway?

Just started Pride and Prejudice essay, have got into unfortunate ( Read more... )

and then proceeded to get far too drunk and throw up all over the place. This was not, in fact, my reaction to the book, which I was on the whole very satisfied with.

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What?! The new P&P is epic in every way! The "beloved" '95 version is just a cheap TV movie, there was nothing epic about it. The new film is gorgeous and scorching: a pure 10/10.

Dear imdb person,

I beg the question, have you read Pride and Prejudice? You know, the novel by Jane Austen? She's quite well-known in some circles actually. I suggest ( Read more... )