Discussion Groups / British English / September 2005

It rather reminds me of that cartoon where she is sitting demurely in John
Murray's office while he peruses her manuscript.  "Oh yes, Miss Austen, that
should do nicely.  Of course, all the effing and blinding will have to
go..."

After the success of the film "Clueless" (1995), there was a bit of a
scramble for works by the original writer, and at least one Hollywood studio
tried to sign her...

There should be Preservation Orders on Jane Austen's historical bodices
to prevent them being ripped.

Well he is a bit of a lad that Darcy what's his name. I expect it had
them realy swooning when it came out as an X-Rated booke.

Sir, sir, I know that one sir.

It doesn't have a screenplay by Andrew Davies by any chance?

The easier the question, the more people will phone. The more people who
phone, the more money the TV company will make. (Assuming that it's a
premium rate call as they usually are.)

At 14:45:11 on Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Phil C. <philstoxicwaste@fsmail.net>
wrote in <0of0i1h9t8i8l6h3flkgq6ef862aggds6f@4ax.com>:

I'm not surprised.  After that infamous and all-too-public kiss at the
end of "Persuasion", I assume that in this new shocker Darcy will shag
Elizabeth until goats come out of her ears (translation from another
language's idiom, in case you were worried), while Bingley gently and
tenderly seduces Jane (with no danger of giving her an orgasm, or
probably any sons either) and Lydia fellates any militia officer that
makes the mistake of getting within 100 yards of her.

*thinks*  add to list - investigate erectile potential of militia
officers... from a distance...

(Well, actually, to be fair - Lydia does frequently shag Wickham in the
book, and Wickham previously attempts to shag Georgiana, even though JA
doesn't go into any kind of detail, presumably on the grounds of lack of
expert knowledge and her naval brothers' reluctance to explain.)

(Oh, and the cat has jumped down from in front of my monitor now, so any
typos are entirely my own resiponisbilty.)