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Inspired Short Story Grp Disc. > Tears Fall on Orkney

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message 1: by SarahC, Austen Votary & Mods' Asst. (new)

SarahC (sarahcarmack) | 1473 comments Mod
Story by Nancy Saunders in the collection Dancing with Mr. Darcy


message 2: by Sandi (new)

Sandi (finfansand) | 54 comments As a short-story, narrative-arc purist, I was mildly annoyed by the short, episodic paragraphs that skipped from scene to scene. But I was able to look past that to enjoy the unrequited love theme behind the story. We've all been there, unfortuntately, so I found this one much easier to admire.


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Sandi (finfansand) | 54 comments BTW, I'll be on vacation for a few days and won't be around to opine on the stories for awhile (family rule: no internet or other technology while on vacation)---I know, what a tragedy! But I look forward to jumping back into the conversation towards the end of next week.

Until then...happy reading!


message 4: by SarahC, Austen Votary & Mods' Asst. (new)

SarahC (sarahcarmack) | 1473 comments Mod
Thank you Sandi. The mods will be posting the next section of the stories (the next five - we are trying to to keep a leisurely pace) next week, so we will look for you back after your vacation. Have a nice time.


message 5: by SarahC, Austen Votary & Mods' Asst. (new)

SarahC (sarahcarmack) | 1473 comments Mod
This ties in with our discussion of women in the 21st century that we posted in the commentary for the story "Jayne." When Saunders'female character makes the comment here in describing a strip club to Jane Austen through her letter, she says "where women dance around bare-breasted in a suggestive manner. You wouldn't believe it, but this was Women's Rights in the 20th century."

I didn't get what the character was saying, was this a slam to the Women's movement? Or simply a rather different interpretation of the whole thing. Obviously, the Women's Movement did not point us women to the grand opportunity of performing in strip clubs. In essence, we have had the opportunity to do similar work as that for many centuries throughout history.


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