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Gili
is 61% done
There is some interesting insight here, but I fell like it takes a very flat and uncomplicated view of Austen’s texts, sometimes taking very seriously things that I would read as ironic, etc. It kind of takes the joy out of Austen for me.
Most glaringly for me, the answer to why did Elizabeth change her mind about Darcy. Is it gratitude? In my opinion the change started earlier. It’s a bit frustrating.
— Aug 08, 2022 12:13AM
Most glaringly for me, the answer to why did Elizabeth change her mind about Darcy. Is it gratitude? In my opinion the change started earlier. It’s a bit frustrating.
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Gili
is 71% done
Ok, this book took a turn for the (borderline?) offensive notion that it can “diagnose” characters as autistic. I don’t mind an anachronistic interpretation of Austen, but the reasoning is… lacking.
— Oct 10, 2022 12:03PM
Gili
is 65% done
“This conclusion, that Charlotte purposefully sits in an unattractive room to avoid Mr. Collins, goes too far. Elizabeth has no reason to believe, for example, that any difference in pleasantness even registers with Mr. Collins, who is hardly an aesthete. Elizabeth,[…] is trying too hard to appreciate Charlotte’s strategicness.”
What? Charlotte IS strategic, that’s the point of her character. 🤦♀️
— Aug 16, 2022 04:41PM
What? Charlotte IS strategic, that’s the point of her character. 🤦♀️
