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[blahflowers]

Gaah. In a bad mood today, no doubt brought on by the pissing of the rain in the downward, but I'm also going to blame it on my continued struggling to get through Northanger Abbey. I mean, there is very little reason why almost all books from before 1900 shouldn't just be thrown into a big sack of poo. Jane Austen is apparently buried in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral, it wouldn't take that much effort to go and desecrate her grave would it? Shouting "Your books are crap too you moldy auld cow!" I'm 150 pages in, Northanger Abbey itself only got mentioned for the first time about 10 pages ago, the plot, such as it is, could be condensed to about 40 pages if you trim the interminable passages about women walking round talking to one another and how fast horses can run, and at the moment our characterless heroine is trying to open a trunk. This seems to take best part of a chapter and she doesn't even manage it by the end.

I'm going to write a zombie film in which Jane Austen comes back from the dead as a zombie. Such a spectacularly crap zombie that our heroes don't bother killing her, they just spend 90 minutes amusing themselves by hacking bits off her with plastic knives shouting "This is for A Level students everywhere!"

Did I mention I was in a bad mood?

Comments

[lozh.livejournal.com]

I tried reading Vanity Fair once, in a misguided attempt to broaden my education. It is one of only two book I've ever given up on.

[mrs-munt.livejournal.com]

there is very little reason why almost all books from before 1900 shouldn't just be thrown into a big sack of poo

But-- but you're a librarian!

*faints*

All Jane Austen books are not equal --Northhanger Abbey is probably my least favorite. But there's Pride & Prejudice, and Persuasion...

[judiff]

only if i can do the same to Tomas Hardy for Jude the Obscure (which was like our english a-level nightmare)

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

oh god. Me too.

I don't really get on with Austen, but the parodic (rewiring) elements of NA actually tend to give me more of a 'hook' than with her other work.