tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post4684720577339067552..comments2023-11-30T17:49:01.592-07:00Comments on Regency Delight ~Jane Austen, etc.~: Mr. Darcy's Diary by Amanda GrangeMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05676306236172688321noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-73498156825182450402013-12-22T19:16:48.585-07:002013-12-22T19:16:48.585-07:00I was just about to hop on here and say the thing ...I was just about to hop on here and say the thing about the double wedding, but Bethany got to it before I did. Heehee. Anyways, I really do want to read this someday... hopefully my library system will pick it up eventually. :DMiss Dashwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15821653607968651548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-88010167734159301702012-09-02T19:41:03.498-06:002012-09-02T19:41:03.498-06:00Hello!! My name is Bethany, you're welcome to ...Hello!! My name is Bethany, you're welcome to look at my blog if you like. I enjoyed reading this post. At the beginning of the last chapter of Pride and Prejudice it says,"Happy for allher maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters." So I think we can safely assume that it was a double wedding.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996539581546622108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-89469504826508845452011-07-26T13:26:25.166-06:002011-07-26T13:26:25.166-06:00Read that book and had the same exact feelings as ...Read that book and had the same exact feelings as you! I read it all in 5 days. I was sad when it came to an end...Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162377425611832188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-27360417326849733552011-07-17T13:37:42.579-06:002011-07-17T13:37:42.579-06:00What? Good gracious, how silly of them! To have Ed...What? Good gracious, how silly of them! To have Edmund's and *not* Mr. Darcy's? It's madness!<br /><br />haha. Perhaps you should request it. :)Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676306236172688321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-36737812144454208932011-07-17T13:34:57.933-06:002011-07-17T13:34:57.933-06:00Never mind about reading it soon...it's the (o...Never mind about reading it soon...it's the (only?) one that the library doesn't have. :P But I just finished Edmund Bertram's Diary, so a review of that is coming! I think I'll do Colonel Brandon's next...oughta be interesting. I so want to read this! Maybe I'll request it...Charity Uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02717998337967392912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-21056616722398932932011-07-16T21:49:40.245-06:002011-07-16T21:49:40.245-06:00* I mean Kathryn Ross.* I mean Kathryn Ross.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676306236172688321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-65910485581928419812011-07-16T21:49:16.993-06:002011-07-16T21:49:16.993-06:00Stephanie Ann,
Well, although the weddings arent&#...Stephanie Ann,<br />Well, although the weddings arent' exactly described in Jane Austen's novels, they are mentioned.<br /><br />Kathryn Rose,<br />Very glad to have you following my blog!<br /><br />Deanna,<br />Yes, it was a fun read! And I am also glad there is nothing inappropriate, as it is with many Jane Austen spin-offs and re-tellings written these days.<br />Thanks for your 2 cents! hahaMelodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676306236172688321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-82412758255617961552011-07-15T07:08:19.184-06:002011-07-15T07:08:19.184-06:00I have enjoyed all the diaries by Amanda Granger. ...I have enjoyed all the diaries by Amanda Granger. They are interesting - not Austen of course, but enjoyable and there is not inappropriate scenes.<br /><br />It was a fun read!<br /><br />Just my 2 cents!<br />DeannaDeanna Rabe - Creekside Cottage Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16133684514103206137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-80283591638193725072011-07-14T19:49:37.403-06:002011-07-14T19:49:37.403-06:00Good Day to you, Milady! What a wonderful job you...Good Day to you, Milady! What a wonderful job you've done here - I shall thoroughly enjoy your ruminations on all things Jane. Do visit me over at The Writer's Reverie and perhaps you'll see me in my Regency attire sipping tea. Sometime back in the March or April archive, I think.<br />Joy!<br />Miss KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-43117358426118724962011-07-14T16:42:49.262-06:002011-07-14T16:42:49.262-06:00Interesting! I had never heard of these books but ...Interesting! I had never heard of these books but it looks like a fun way to enjoy classics. I'll have to look for them. I was actually somewhat disappointed that the weddings weren't in the book.Stephanie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13324411278252488163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-39841536796647357592011-07-11T14:22:39.290-06:002011-07-11T14:22:39.290-06:00Aaahhh! I made so many mistakes in my last comment...Aaahhh! I made so many mistakes in my last comment! I'm always in a hurry whenever I'm on the computer...:-/<br /><br />Anyways, no, I haven't. I'm reading Persuasion right now, and I'm planning on reading Capt. Wentworth's after I'm done. I've poked through Col. Brandon's, which starts when he's 18, and the very end of Edmund Bertram's. (I wanted to see how the author did the end...it was all so hurried in Mansfield Park.)Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676306236172688321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-76923919345337095032011-07-11T13:58:04.034-06:002011-07-11T13:58:04.034-06:00I'd be willing to give it another try. :) Or...I'd be willing to give it another try. :) Or maybe Capt. Wentworth's--have you read that one?Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693636355638596302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-12084572724027755312011-07-11T12:43:54.724-06:002011-07-11T12:43:54.724-06:00Ah, I see. Well, my advise to you is: try Knightle...Ah, I see. Well, my advise to you is: try Knightley's Diaray again, and stick with it - I liked the last half much better than the first. Probably for different reason than you, since I do not likek political stuff anyways and would be sorry to see too much of that in the book; I actually got a little bored with all the parish stuff. But the reason I kept reading might be because I'd poked through it ahead of time, before I decided to read it all, and I liked a lot of parts in the second half. =) Just my opinion, anyhow.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676306236172688321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-62211748052255954432011-07-11T12:03:47.203-06:002011-07-11T12:03:47.203-06:00Well, I tried Mr Knightley's Diary, and I want...Well, I tried Mr Knightley's Diary, and I wanted to like it. But there's a part where he comments on politics and just says something vague like "I wish the fighting would stop. It is not good for anyone." That was where I gave up...it just didn't sound like Mr Knightley, let alone any educated English gentleman in his 30s. No mention of Whigs, or Tories, or William Pitt, or even Napoleon...nothing specific. It's not his opinion, but the childish way in which it's expressed that bugs me. Maybe I'm just being picky. ;) But I do think a quick internet search on the author's part would have worked wonders.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693636355638596302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-38251183364325249262011-07-11T11:17:46.679-06:002011-07-11T11:17:46.679-06:00I've heard a great deal about these books and ...I've heard a great deal about these books and have been meaning to read them ever since I read a few excerpts on the author's website and found myself intrigued!<br />Although I'm definitely encouraged to hurry up and get my hands on one by your review, it is a shame that the author missed out and cut short some quotes! Some of those you mentioned are some of my favourites. And the changes to some characters seem a little off, but I suppose part of it may be due to the author's interpretation of them. But it's always interesting to read books from a different viewpoint, and this book sounds like a fun read nonetheless :)<br />Amanda Grange's set of diaries seems one of the most popular Jane Austen re-tellings, but I'm curious whether there are any others anyone recommends any others.<br /><br />~AbbyAbbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207373390282056497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-40437529488178610362011-07-10T17:00:39.640-06:002011-07-10T17:00:39.640-06:00Charity,
Well, "he" wrote all sorts of ...Charity,<br /><br />Well, "he" wrote all sorts of other things, and also -some- of the 'dearest loveliest' speech. I think it would not have been at all out of place in that book, and that the author was just trying to make it shorter.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676306236172688321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-35803538408505268232011-07-10T15:35:17.904-06:002011-07-10T15:35:17.904-06:00Hmmm...interesting. I will read this soon. :) Than...Hmmm...interesting. I will read this soon. :) Thanks for your thoughts! About the double wedding...can't remember. Will look it up. and that dearest loveliest quote...very important. But would Mr. Darcy have written that he said that? Just a thought.Charity Uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02717998337967392912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-22971600288438466182011-07-10T15:03:51.675-06:002011-07-10T15:03:51.675-06:00Oh yeah! I forgot about that. Although it was Anne...Oh yeah! I forgot about that. Although it was Anne and Col. Fitzwilliam getting together in general that bugged me, rather than Lizzy's desire to see it. :P<br /><br />In MY humble opinion, I think that not much CAN be added to P&P, unless it adds to a disadvantage. Ha... But what it didn't do, to me, is reflect the brilliancy of P&P. It might have dulled it down a bit. Although I still enjoyed it. :)<br /><br />Have you read any of the the other diaries?Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676306236172688321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648706431833666913.post-43775163024968294142011-07-10T14:54:44.642-06:002011-07-10T14:54:44.642-06:00Yeah, Darcy's character bothered me too, espec...Yeah, Darcy's character bothered me too, especially at the end when he and Lizzie are trying to get Anne and Col. Fitzwilliam together...it just seemed too Mrs-Bennet-ish! Besides that, I did enjoy the background story with Georgianna, but IMHO the book overall didn't seem to add anything worthwhile to P&P.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693636355638596302noreply@blogger.com