tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432519807740136926.post5075615363834045237..comments2023-10-08T00:24:36.823-07:00Comments on Une Envie de Sel: Maiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149615417507090988noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432519807740136926.post-30835092492543694622010-03-16T09:33:58.546-07:002010-03-16T09:33:58.546-07:00hey there, it's all very tongue-in-cheek (you ...hey there, it's all very tongue-in-cheek (you know that, right?)<br /><br />and even though I know exactly what you mean, I still believe austen has to be taken for what it is. no more no less. or not take it at all :)<br /><br />I'm curious to whether you're going to enjoy the novel at all now :)la ninjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11776723808948371591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432519807740136926.post-36185613361179989322010-03-16T01:07:29.729-07:002010-03-16T01:07:29.729-07:00I love the film too! I think that if you have to r...I love the film too! I think that if you have to read romance, then Jane Austen is a great substitute for some trashy Mills n Boon like novel!Dihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560665846881421679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432519807740136926.post-29681370461609632302010-03-15T21:46:23.803-07:002010-03-15T21:46:23.803-07:00La Ninja, yes, I do embrace that sort of snobbery ...La Ninja, yes, I do embrace that sort of snobbery a bit...but only because I was the nerd of nerds for all of my school years, and snobbery is often the anodyne of the unpopular. Also, literary snobbery has not, quite clearly, made me into any sort of literary scholar. <br /><br />virg, yes, I'm afraid it IS the film. It's an exquisitely-made film. Though I have still not read the book, so can't give an objective opinion. <br /><br />Juniper, you might like the film. It really is good (though I well understand the aversion to a certain actor and how it can ruin a film). <br /><br />Kenza, moaning and "nervous complaints" in general are hard to take in ones 30s and 40s. If we're lucky, most of us leave the histrionics behind in our adolescent years. And, I'm thrilled by the idea that we might have been at the Paris watching that film on the same night without ever knowing it.Maiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149615417507090988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432519807740136926.post-20062061981905416312010-03-15T21:12:36.273-07:002010-03-15T21:12:36.273-07:00I hope you feel better soon. I could comment long ...I hope you feel better soon. I could comment long on your post as I agree with most of it but I will just make a brief note. I only read Austen in my late 30's... even though I was raised by an English Nanny so had most of the British classics on the shelf from a young age... But frankly the moaning, I could not take it then. Shakespeare now that is something entirely different... And I also saw "A room with a view" at the Paris Theatre in Manhattan in the 1980's--maybe we were there at the same time! I wish you a speedy recovery. Please take care.Kenzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03735498316576611409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432519807740136926.post-57906002724358406812010-03-15T20:22:42.246-07:002010-03-15T20:22:42.246-07:00We lived just down the street from the house Jane ...We lived just down the street from the house Jane Austen last lived in, and there was this constant reminder that yes, I really ought to read her work. Have not seen this version of Pride and Prejudice but I have been known to get sucked into a classic British period piece, just have to get over my dislike of the actress Keira Knightly! Ah the lover by Marguerite Duras, its been a long time since i thought of that book!<br />Hope you feel better soon, a whole months is a very long time to feel under the weather!!!Juniperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16779192722462442800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432519807740136926.post-8436310087967198092010-03-15T17:13:52.497-07:002010-03-15T17:13:52.497-07:00It's the film. I understand where you're ...It's the film. I understand where you're coming from. This particular film (excellent!) finally got me to embrace it all.virghttp://virginiagalvan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432519807740136926.post-604167498695881382010-03-15T15:54:05.484-07:002010-03-15T15:54:05.484-07:00ha ha, and you love being a snob, don't you ju...ha ha, and you love being a snob, don't you just?<br />may the evil sinus affliction not mess with your neuronal activity on a permanent basis. god forbid ;Pla ninjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11776723808948371591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432519807740136926.post-20592480856477307572010-03-15T14:50:24.053-07:002010-03-15T14:50:24.053-07:00Thank you Claire - correcting that. Brontes and Au...Thank you Claire - correcting that. Brontes and Austen, and even Du Maurier. All fans of the brooding and tortured male.Maiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149615417507090988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432519807740136926.post-27214204468394377792010-03-15T14:42:57.880-07:002010-03-15T14:42:57.880-07:00Jane Austen didn't write Wuthering Heights--Em...Jane Austen didn't write Wuthering Heights--Emily Bronte did!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01036752044879800723noreply@blogger.com