tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790762616882118040.post5438099612572877593..comments2022-11-01T20:28:29.448-07:00Comments on Literary Adventures Along the Brandywine: Persuasion Read-Along: Chapter 15Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17418854988524303306noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790762616882118040.post-64870425317300702012015-03-02T13:27:35.675-08:002015-03-02T13:27:35.675-08:00They say imitation is the sincerest form of flatte...They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I'm flattered! Kind of astonished, perhaps a bit agog, but flattered :-) I've done that myself, copied out sections of favorite books to get a feel for how those authors strung sentences together. It's a great way to figure out what kinds of constructions work for you and what don't feel comfortable at all.<br /><br />So, no, I don't mind at all :-)Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790762616882118040.post-75308590025248169942015-03-02T12:58:48.748-08:002015-03-02T12:58:48.748-08:00Kim,
Thank you so very much for your kind words of...Kim,<br />Thank you so very much for your kind words of encouragement!! I was truly floored. And oh no, thank you for telling me! I trust you and I'm most honored. :) I enjoy and look forward to visiting with you, too!Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418854988524303306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790762616882118040.post-90668574816232287292015-03-01T23:00:20.545-08:002015-03-01T23:00:20.545-08:00Thank you all for your words of encouragement. I d...Thank you all for your words of encouragement. I don't think I could have made it so far as I have without yours and Heidi's help. Both you and Heidi are such good writers that I secretly copy your comments in my own personal commonplace book ( I've read somewhere that COPYING the good writings of others consistently can improve one's own writing! I hope you don't mind. I would never publish it anywhere w/o your consent; I just copy them in my personal notebook for practice). I feel so assured to have such good teachers by my side as I read this wonderful book.Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775221790129092458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790762616882118040.post-65176214743044906462015-03-01T15:47:44.314-08:002015-03-01T15:47:44.314-08:00I'm totally happy to go back and discuss stuff...I'm totally happy to go back and discuss stuff too, as you go along, Kim! <br /><br />I agree that Sir Walter isn't evil, just deluded :-)Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790762616882118040.post-69087741093502947382015-03-01T11:40:25.365-08:002015-03-01T11:40:25.365-08:00Kim,
Oh, don't worry! :) You can finish up nex...Kim,<br />Oh, <i>don't</i> worry! :) You can finish up next week (or even later!) if you have to. ;) And I know, older writers can be hard sometimes.....but I'm so happy to have had you along for the reading here -- and so glad you stuck with it and are enjoying it! :) <br /><br />Um....I can't answer that bit about Mr. Elliot visiting late without spoilers -- so keep reading! ;) And yes, I think Sir Elliot is hilarious. Conceited and foolish, yes....but extremely funny. You just have to end up laughing sometimes. :)Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418854988524303306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790762616882118040.post-54237924441732473272015-02-28T06:39:11.284-08:002015-02-28T06:39:11.284-08:00It's been awhile but I'm trying to catch u...It's been awhile but I'm trying to catch up with the readings this weekend. I'm not going to give up, although the prose is really difficult to understand sometimes. The suspenseful story however makes up for all this hard work. <br /><br />I don't know but there seems to be something fishy going on with Mr. Elliot. He's just too nice and accommodating. What's with the visit late at night?<br />If there's going to be a love triangle among CW and Capt Benwick and Mr. Elliot, I definitely will root for Capt. Benwick (of course, after CW) over Mr. Elliot. There's something more honest about Capt. Benwick, who doesn't try so hard to win other people by obliging them with what they want to hear. He's just so true to himself and his personality - that's more appealing to me. <br /><br />Sir Elliot is incorrigible: " It was evident how little the women were used to the sight of any thing tolerable, by the effect which a man of decent appearance produced." Ha Ha LOL. I assume he was internally thinking that he was " a man of decent appearance." In some ways, I don't mind Sir Elliot; he's just the way he is, considering himself the center of all attention at Bath. After all his comments on how everyone was wanting to get to know him and Liz at Bath, I have finally come to accept him as who he is. He's not an evil conceited person, but just a person who doesn't know he is conceited.<br /><br /><br />Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775221790129092458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790762616882118040.post-32709014630165332822015-02-10T17:03:53.679-08:002015-02-10T17:03:53.679-08:00Hee, no, it's all good! I mean, I've read...Hee, no, it's all good! I mean, I've read this three times and seen two movie versions -- do not worry about spoilage where I am concerned! I'm pretty sure I know, I just don't remember for sure/completely, etc.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790762616882118040.post-79279221073868237182015-02-10T15:43:54.448-08:002015-02-10T15:43:54.448-08:00Hamlette,
Ohhhh, then I'll try not to drop any...Hamlette,<br />Ohhhh, then I'll try not to drop any specifics! ;)Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418854988524303306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790762616882118040.post-231340461140135832015-02-09T16:24:50.141-08:002015-02-09T16:24:50.141-08:00(SPOILERS) I'm trying to remember right now wh...(SPOILERS) I'm trying to remember right now what exactly he's actually up to, and failing miserably. Other than that he's in cahoots with someone odious. (END SPOILERS)Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790762616882118040.post-9380819393352209012015-02-09T15:34:35.118-08:002015-02-09T15:34:35.118-08:00Hamlette,
Yes, he's definitely not a popinjay!...Hamlette,<br />Yes, he's definitely not a popinjay! And he <i>does</i> seem to gauge people off more than their initial appearance (<i>and</i> be able to see <i>more</i> in their appearance than Sir Walter).<br /><br />(SPOILERS) One of the things I always find hard in <i>Persuasion</i> is to think of Mr. Elliot as being apparently good. I was fifteen when I first read it and I think I just never considered him as a dangerous opponent to Captain Wentworth in the battle for Anne, so it wasn't any great surprise when his full colors were revealed. And of course, ever since whenever he comes on the scene he's just "the bad guy." So this time around I'm working hard to try and picture how he might appear if I were Anne just meeting him. ;P Tricky! (END OF SPOILERS) <br /><br />(And oh, yes....I know, that Elizabeth line....double ouch!!)Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418854988524303306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790762616882118040.post-51788753220409247352015-02-08T15:57:46.737-08:002015-02-08T15:57:46.737-08:00Oh, Mr. Elliot. (SPOILERS) The first time I read ...Oh, Mr. Elliot. (SPOILERS) The first time I read this, I was not at all suspicious of him, and thought he had simply grown up from back when he refused to get along with Sir Walter. I rather expected that Anne would grow quite fond of him, and that she would be expecting a proposal from him when Captain Wentworth would come back on the scene and she'd have to make up her mind between them. Of course, Austen gives us little hints about him, that Anne thinks there must be more to his interest than is obvious, and that she even compares him to Lady Russell at one point -- he was more interested in hearing her account of the accident at Lyme than anyone besides Lady Russell. Such a comparison must be intentional to make ups a bit skeptical of him. (END SPOILERS)<br /><br />I think Mr.Elliot is certainly conscious of appearances and finds them important -- he's paying attention to Anne because he seems to find her attractive, and he does dress well and have a nice carriage and a servant who travels with him, etc. But he doesn't strike me as being nearly so much of a popinjay as Sir Walter.<br /><br />I got a kick out of Anne's thoughts when she was considering whether Mr. Elliot might be interested in Elizabeth: "Most earnestly did she wish that he might not be too nice, or too observant if Elizabeth were his object." Ouch! Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.com