Quoteskimming

[kellyrfineman]

About story endings

Courtesy of the generous soul who is David Lubar, whom I had the privilege of interviewing on Wednesday. Mostly we talked about short stories, but some of David's advice and insight applies to all writing.

Comments

[robinellen]

I just watched MANSFIELD PARK again yesterday -- that and PERSUASION are my two favorite books. I love all the movies, I must say :)

[kellyrfineman]

I still have to READ both of them, but thus far I like Persuasion best of maybe all the books, much as I love P&P and Northanger Abbey (such a romp!).

[robinellen]

I'd have to say that Persuasion is my favorite book also...but I have yet to make it all the way through S&S, in all honesty ;) And I haven't read Northanger Abbey, either.

[kellyrfineman]

Northanger Abbey and Persuasion are the shortest of the two. I found S&S daunting at the start because there's Mrs. Dashwood, Mrs. John Dashwood, and Miss Dashwood. And it all got a bit muddled for me until I sorted that bit out. But I do love the relationship between the sisters.

About S&S: Did you know that the Victorian-era editions censored Willoughby's misconduct? The late Georgian/early Regency crowd for which it was written handled it just fine, but those later folks found it inappropriate.

[robinellen]

Too funny -- I love all your insights into JA...always share, share, share :D