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    Quote Originally Posted by Alyosha View Post
    Unless you are female, unless you understand what women in that era went through should they not be rich and unmarried. It was social commentary, not a Taming of the Shrew as Elizabeth was neither a shrew nor tamed @Heyduke.

    Maybe football is just baseball in winter.
    Should they not be rich and unmarried? That would make them poor and married, and a far more interesting story than the rich and unmarried, in this bloke's opinion.

    I have no doubt that Jane Austin provides some cogent social commentary. No doubt, she is a skilled writer. Elizabeth was an ice cube that needed to be thawed. Have fun with that, and have a pillow fight immediately afterwards, in your nighties.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heyduke View Post
    Should they not be rich and unmarried? That would make them poor and married, and a far more interesting story than the rich and unmarried, in this bloke's opinion.
    They were not rich, Heyduke. That was the point you're missing. They were in fact, one breath from poverty as the entire estate would go to the cousin.

    If the father died they were all put out on the street.

    That is exactly what makes it interesting and her choice to turn him down (at first) interesting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heyduke View Post
    Why didn't you just choose Little Women, for crying out loud?

    Pride and Prejudice: Part Taming of the Shrew, part teen romance novel, part Victorian fluff piece.

    I had to read it once for college English. Once was enough. Bad choice out of you guys. I'll wait for the June book, if I'm around a computer then.

    Anyway, the entire exercise is probably futile, no matter which classic you choose. No matter what, there will be too many pesky words and not enough pictures (and zero video) to appeal to today's YouTube crowd. The age of logic and technology has overwritten man's ability to interpret art.
    I watched it on PBS and am in the starting stages of continuing education to renew my RE license. 45 hrs of studying a topic I know very well. CA wastes my time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alyosha View Post
    Unless you are female, unless you understand what women in that era went through should they not be rich and unmarried. It was social commentary, not a Taming of the Shrew as Elizabeth was neither a shrew nor tamed @Heyduke.

    Maybe football is just baseball in winter.
    Hey, that is a catchy phrase.

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    Well, I have just finished the first 52 pages, up until chapter 11. I have never read anything quite like it and I look forward to our discussion on Monday. I will say that I am quite fond of Elizabeth.

    Please, let's not discuss it until Monday when everyone has read it?

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    I'm going to be reading the pages Saturday. My new work schedule has my first day off before Monday at Saturday.
    "Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most — that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob View Post
    I watched it on PBS and am in the starting stages of continuing education to renew my RE license. 45 hrs of studying a topic I know very well. CA wastes my time.
    Just got mine renewed. Ever try Compass? a one time fee and you can take the cont. ed class for free for ever. Never have to pay for cont ed classes again. Gotta love it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by momsapplepie View Post
    Just got mine renewed. Ever try Compass? a one time fee and you can take the cont. ed class for free for ever. Never have to pay for cont ed classes again. Gotta love it!
    No, never knew of it. I will check it. The fee for the 45 hrs is $29. Cheapest ever that I know of. At age 75, let's hope I will be around in 4 years. I saw the doctor today and he was very happy with my condition. Told me that Obama care is clumsy but has driven patients to him who formerly could not buy insurance. I was right. A lot of those who agreed to buy insurance, simply could not before.

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