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Anyone read The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy? I saw it at the library last week. Didn't pick it up cause I figured it could possibly butcher my image of Austen's Pride and Prejudice. My English prof already did that though, years ago  . |
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I'm now reading Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery. I hear it's cute but i hope it's not soppy enough to make me throw up.
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hey, isn't there also a kids animated show based on that?
I used to watch it.  |
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Hmmm. Is that specific to the Australian context?
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A lot of it deals with key issues in Australia and Australian Press over the last few years (since say 2000), but it is a case-study after the general theoretical bases have been covered in the introductory chapters. It also has a lot of good information regarding the Arab-Muslim community here in Australia.
I guess the short answer is "yes" (  ), but its methodological base and introduction has a wider import imho.
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I've that book right now and I'm going to start as soon as I finish my other book 
I remember reading the short version of it when I was a kid and I think I liked it
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It's really easy to read and just what i need after Shantaram which took me two months  having said that i didn't try very hard.
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hey, isn't there also a kids animated show based on that?
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I'm not sure about an animation, there might be, i know there used to be a series. I'm not sure if it was a BBC production. Might check it out after i've finished the book.
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Anyone read The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy? I saw it at the library last week. Didn't pick it up cause I figured it could possibly butcher my image of Austen's Pride and Prejudice. My English prof already did that though, years ago . |
That sounds hilarious. Darcy's confessions? I wonder if that would be a sordid account of how he was a miserable old baffoon and how he turned into a loving bud once a hot woman came along
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now I have to finish Life of Pi this book seems to be draggin on.
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finished it. all in all, it was a good book.
what should I read next?
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That sounds hilarious. Darcy's confessions? I wonder if that would be a sordid account of how he was a miserable old baffoon and how he turned into a loving bud once a hot woman came along
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It's from Darcy's perspective, according to the blurb. All about his relationships, with his sister, Wickham [?], Elizabeth, Bingley, and others.
I'll check out the BBC production, I heard a lot of good reviews for it.
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Ooh that sounds interesting. Have you ever read the prequel to Jane Eyre (not written by Bronte, it was after her time)? It's written in the perspective of the mad ex-wife who lives in the attic. It's pretty good, i don't think i appreciated it as much when i was younger.
I'm now reading Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw.
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I'm reading a bunch of classic short stories.
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im reading posts on islamica.
...... .... i know its lame. but hey its true.
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Kafka - Letter To His Father
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A Drink Befor the War by Dennis Lehane
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I've heard really good things about this and I was hoping to get around to it sometime over the next couple of months but.......*gasp* an endorsement by Oprah? 
Damn.....I don't know if I can get down with that lol
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That's nice.
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That's nice.
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I'm kidding sis
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