how funny it is reading about your thoughts on marianne...instead of wishing to be her i feel more embarrassment of our similarities. when elinor says" do not you know that she calls every one reserved who does not talk as fast, and admire what she admires as rapturously as herself? I feel like that is a characature of some of my nasty bad habits- how horrible! If only we could all be a mixture of marianne passion of heart and elinors presence of mind we would be set for life with no faults at all!
My favorite chapter so far is definitely 16- the entire saga of mariannes despair is hilarious. she is so melodramatic nothing is more fun to read than her parts. "m. would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from w.",When she describes the leaves at norland, censures edward ("how can you think of dirt with such objects before you?") all of it is like she is on a stage. i think i enjoyed this particularly b/c my mom asked me to read it out loud -I got such a better feel for the humour and just how rediculous everyones comments are. i LOVE this book!
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Me too Paige! The description of Marianne is really funny. But when I think of what is actually being described, it is SO sad. During my single life, every time my heart was broken, I was a complete wreck.
amen to that. is she not the quintessential 17 year old girl? if only marianne knew that she is IN a classic romance story, im sure that would make her feel better.
haha that's a funny thought :) Too bad my 17 year old reactions and behavior to broken hearts extended into my 20s, right up until I married Derin :( I literally felt like my heart was being ripped out. I couldn't eat or sleep. Absolute misery.
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