{"id":15912,"date":"2019-06-08T12:26:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T16:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=15912"},"modified":"2019-06-08T12:34:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T16:34:04","slug":"i-gave-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=15912","title":{"rendered":"I Gave Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The point at which I gave up on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies<\/em> was p. 40. I will tell you why, and then, if you care to, you can tell me if you agree with my decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scene is Netherfield. Jane had gone there to visit, but she had gotten soaked by rain and stabbed by zombies en route, and she was now lying very ill. Elizabeth is there to tend her. It is evening, and everyone but Jane is downstairs, occupied by some form of pastime. Elizabeth is oiling her musket stock. Mr. Darcy is writing his sister a letter, while Miss Bingley, his best friend’s sister, attempts to engage him in chitchat. She asks him to include a message from her in his letter, and he replies,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miss Bingley, the groans of a hundred unmentionables would be more pleasing to my ears than one more word from your mouth. Were you not otherwise agreeable, I should be forced to remove your tongue with my saber.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In Austen’s original work, he replies,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will you give me leave to defer your raptures till I write again?–At present I have not room to do them justice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The problem for me is that, because I like the original story and the characters as Austen wrote them, to see characters behave so out-of-character is painful. For readers not acquainted with or particularly inclined to tackle Pride and Prejudice<\/em>, this mash-up might seem like just the thing, a way to approach a classic that otherwise might strike them as old-fashioned, difficult, or dry. As for me, I’d rather either reread Pride and Prejudice<\/em> or read a zombie story. This combination just does not work for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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