i was trying to figure out what was lackluster for me in that section of the book and i think that i was missing some comedy. If it was supposed to be found in mrs jennings and her daughter it was too little to keep me happy. What a depressing story there for the longest time! when they got to london and the whole fiasco and aftermath of willoughby-marianne...ouch! my heart was seriously just aching.
i know that this is all a long time ago in reading but i just had to ask this question. Rachel had the best idea of coming up with discussion topics/questions and i was totally stumped...but i have one for you:
why did willoughby come back?!!!!
what do you think austens reasoning was for that? i really cant figure it out. was it too yucky for her to leave him a horrible scoundrel? or did she feel like the plot needed to be complicated more still? i know that getting over someone is usually much easier if you believe them to be completely no good...i cant wait to find out if elinor tells marianne- why would she though? (personally i LOVED it, but why it makes things so much more messy! poor willoughby. poor marianne.)
i was thinking that maybe to stay on track we could commit to each of us posting once a week (not counting comments on others). does that sound do-able? i really want to hear your thoughts all the way through the books:) im excited to hone our club-skills as we get farther into them.
oh and was i the only one totally surprised by willoughby showing up? obvisously i still cant get over it. thats what i get for relying on a two hour movie to sum up the book:)
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I know this post is old but I wanted to answer it anyway :) First of all, I just think Austen has Willoughby return, just to add more depth to the story. I read your post before I got that far but I would have been completely shocked by it. I really liked to see something happen that I wasn't expecting. And, I like Marianne, wanted an explanation of his behavior.
I will do better about posting from now on :)
I don't mind that he came back, I thought that it was nice to know that he truly did love her, and it added a tragic element to their love story that would have been missing had he never really cared for her. It makes it so much more heartbreaking that they both were in love but didn't end up together.
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