Monthly Discussion

Bleak House in our Monthly Discussion

April 17, 2008

Some of you must have noticed (wishful thinking!) that we didn’t have a monthly discussion during April, we’ve been terribly busy and with a lot on our hands, so we decided to move it to May 5th. Since we’ll have a little more time, we decided to go with a longer series: Bleak House, a [...]

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Sense & Sensibility (2008) – Monthly Discussion

March 14, 2008

Sense & Sensibility, the latest adaptation by Andrew Davies and aired by BBC in the beginning of this year, is, as you know, the object of our monthly discussion. It’s impossible not to compare this series with Ang Lee’s movie but each one has a different approach to Jane Austen’s novel. You can read our [...]

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Sense & Sensibility in our Monthly Discussion…

March 2, 2008

This 14th March we’ll have our usual Monthly Discussion and this time, we chose the recent BBC’s Sense & Sensibility, Andrew Davies adaptation who was aired this January in the UK (March 30 + April 6 in the US). If you are interested in this series, don’t forget to join and share your opinions with [...]

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Jane Eyre (Part II) – Monthly Discussion

February 15, 2008

EPISODE 3: Jane goes to visit her aunt who is dying. It’s clear the aunt feels some guilt for sending her away as a child and she reveals to Jane that she had an uncle to wanted to adopt her and make her his heir. After her aunt’s death Jane returns to Thornfield and finds [...]

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Jane Eyre (Part I) – Monthly Discussion

February 14, 2008

Jane Eyre is probably a story not to everyone’s liking, Gothic elements are scattered everywhere and the characters are dark, unattractive, unhappy and difficult to love. In our opinion this adaptation tries to bring Jane Eyre to the general public and not just readers and fans of Charlotte Brontë’s work, look at it as a [...]

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Pride & Prejudice Book Giveaway

January 16, 2008

We have a winner for our Pride & Prejudice book giveaway and it goes to… Katie (http://readinginglasgow.wordpress.com/). Congratulations! We’ll send you an email about the details. Thanks for taking part of this discussion. :)

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Pride & Prejudice: Monthly Discussion (Part II)

January 15, 2008

Darcy writes a long letter to Lizzy trying to clear his name from the accusations she made concerning Wickham but admits to separating Bingley from Jane. Why is it that she believes him after showing such a great dislike of him? Or do you think she is still not convinced? When she returns home she [...]

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Pride & Prejudice: Monthly Discussion (Part I)

January 14, 2008

Today we begin our 2 day discussion of Pride & Prejudice, the 1995 version by BBC – the most beloved period drama of all time. There is a legion of fans who love it and who bring it up whenever one mentions period dramas or simply the book. Jane Austen became even more famous after [...]

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Monthly Discussion: Pride & Prejudice (1995)

December 5, 2007

After some talk about our next Monthly Discussion, we thought it was quite obvious we needed to choose the series that most frequently comes up in the conversation each time historical series are mentioned: BBC’s Pride & Prejudice (1995 version) We know this series has a legion of fans (including ourselves) so we are truly [...]

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North and South – 4th Episode Discussion

November 24, 2007

After much heartache Thornton finally receives the news that Margaret’s behaviour was not what it seemed. However she is the one that approaches him in the end. Do you think that Thornton wouldn’t approach her again due to his financial problems? Did Margaret’s proposal surprise you? Do you think she did it believing he didn’t [...]

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