Volume III Chapter 55 Page 331
“I am certainly the most fortunate creature that ever existed!” cried Jane. “Oh! Lizzy, why am I thus singled from my family, and blessed above them all! If I could but see you as happy! If there were but such another man for you!”
“If you were to give me forty such men, I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness. No, no, let me shift for myself; and, perhaps, if I have very good luck,
I may meet with another Mr. Collins in time.”
I really liked this nod to Jane Austen's words in the
2005 movie. The phraseology is changed a bit. Jane Austen's humour is a bit more subtle, and in the movie everything is quite blatantly put. Even the way Elizabeth talks to her father about marrying Mr. Darcy. A lot of the nuances from the book were watered down, diluted, or completely lost, in the movie. The strangest thing about this movie is that I don't mind it at all. The
David Copperfield movie bugged me a lot. But I don't mind it so much for Pride and Prejudice (2005). Because even though a lot is changed, softened for a contemporary audience, or omitted, the tone of the movie matches that of the book so beautifully. The
piano theme is so pretty. I guess I feel similarly about
Sense and Sensibility (1995). Kate Winslet just exudes the humanity, innocence, sweetness and tenderness of Marianne Dashwood better than anyone else ever has, or ever will. Even though the
2008 miniseries has a lot of details that the movie skips over. I'm sure I will be talking about Marianne Dashwood a lot in the next few months. She is just so precious.