it is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view
Etter råd fra Jostein Røyset legger jeg denne linken av BBC's filmatisering av Pride and Prejudice (1995) til diskusjonsforumet, slik at flere forhåpentligvis får glede av den.
Jeg ELSKER denne romanen! Handlingen er vakker, språket er fantastisk, humoren er god, karakterene er fantastiske og svært forskjellige, og en blir stadig overrasket! En kan kjøpe/låne versjoner med fotnoter som forklarer de forskjellige skikkene og de ukjente ordene. Da jeg fikk lest fotnotene forstod jeg mye mer enn tidligere.
The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense.
Dårlig bok....
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us.
I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine.
In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects.
I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.
Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains?
Now I must give one smirk, and then we may be rational again.
From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.