Tonight over dinner my thoughts strayed to those things that had been confounding me for some time. Not the randomness that is the prestige associated with air flown lobsters - after all, they are alive. What's the difference between being air flown or pedaloed? No, the thing that I'm most confused by (as between 2009 and 2010) is why Pride & Prejudice has become the mainstream book of choice.
For example - in Twilight, Bella is constantly referencing the book. Then in the Vampire Diaries the overly skinny girl who is a miniature Katie Holmes (and equally memorable on screen) borrows a copy of it from Stefan. This morning, I watched Bride & Prejudice, which made me think of Bridget Jones' Diary. Only natural, I suppose, since they are the same story. Then I stumbled across a celebrity project where Keira Knightley promotes reading in a picture brandishing a copy. It also gets quoted/misquoted in films from Wild Child to Be Kind Rewind. One of my favourite authors, Jasper Fforde, referenced it as well, in First Among Sequels.
I think it's time I added it to my reading list. Maybe I'm missing out.
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This is so not the right thing for a book person to say, but I like the BBC series better than the book.
Is that because of the heaving bosums or the wet shirts?
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