tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post1442090298198917172..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: Andrew Davies at the Melbourne Writers Festivallucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-64605081937214350652008-09-10T20:31:00.000+10:002008-09-10T20:31:00.000+10:00No, I don't think Colonel B has a lot going for hi...No, I don't think Colonel B has a lot going for him in by the end of the novel. He has *some things* going for him. That sob story he tells Elinor about the two Elizas is really meant to establish him as a sentimental hero. And he really does like music. <BR/><BR/>But the novel on purpose and deliberately marries Marianne to a man who deserves her and is worthy of her, but with whom she is lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-8403401215361067602008-09-09T11:42:00.000+10:002008-09-09T11:42:00.000+10:00That's interesting. I would have agreed with ...That's interesting. I would have agreed with AD about Col Brandon's characterisation being lacking...until I read what you had to say. But do you really think Col B appears to have enough going for him by the end of the book? I can't really remember, myself, which might suggest that he doesn't or that my memory is too clouded by the Emma Thompson S&S film.<BR/><BR/>I mean, Elsewhere007https://www.blogger.com/profile/11123268008264450222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-52457748913705931692008-09-08T19:44:00.000+10:002008-09-08T19:44:00.000+10:00That's a ripper post, Laura. Jan Sardi sounds like...That's a ripper post, Laura. Jan Sardi sounds like a good choice of interviewer.<BR/>"upnhrbne" captcha, sounds like Hobbit-speak for something.genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.com