tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post279199106895211230..comments2023-07-10T01:17:13.383+10:00Comments on Brona's Books: #6degrees AugustBronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-85743083607400385682017-08-12T08:39:45.971+10:002017-08-12T08:39:45.971+10:00I haven't read most of your selections but i b...I haven't read most of your selections but i bet I'd like them if they are just a step away from Austen's PP. Here is my <a href="https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2017/08/six-degrees-of-separation-pride-and_11.html" rel="nofollow">My 6-Degrees of Separation</a>Anne@HeadFullofBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069558006454986084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-37197428863868439922017-08-10T19:30:19.340+10:002017-08-10T19:30:19.340+10:00Great chain. I have only read Austen of your choic...Great chain. I have only read Austen of your choices. Been on holiday, so my chain will come soon.Lisbeth https://www.blogger.com/profile/00466904375353041610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-83941204613413290992017-08-08T03:00:51.996+10:002017-08-08T03:00:51.996+10:00Other than P & P I've not read any of thes...Other than P & P I've not read any of these. I'll look into them more. Thanks<br /><br />Lisa https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/six-degrees-of-separation-pride-and-prejudice/Hopewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510172065585770709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-70591713304687295932017-08-06T11:39:17.381+10:002017-08-06T11:39:17.381+10:00Very nice chain. I never heard of Pure until now. ...Very nice chain. I never heard of Pure until now. You've made me curious - and my local library has it. I'll take a look.MGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791246609383761953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-24699616791091675912017-08-06T10:38:28.814+10:002017-08-06T10:38:28.814+10:00I've just realised that my chain could circle ...I've just realised that my chain could circle back to P&P thanks to the name Elizabeth. <br />Lizzie Borden & Lizzie Bennett. Two very different Elizabeth's you could ever hope to find!Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-74565634842037780382017-08-06T09:31:16.432+10:002017-08-06T09:31:16.432+10:00LLD was published in 1782 and translated into a En...LLD was published in 1782 and translated into a English a couple of years after that. Lady Susan was written about 1794 when JA was 20.<br /><br />I'm not sure if the daughter of an English country rector would have had a book like LLD within her reach. even if she did have 'unfettered' access to her fathers library and that of a neighbour...Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-63843024084057985612017-08-06T09:23:29.737+10:002017-08-06T09:23:29.737+10:00I haven't seen Love and Friendship yet, but no...I haven't seen Love and Friendship yet, but now that I've finished reading Lady Susan it is very high on my to do list :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-56827936465400920302017-08-06T09:21:44.299+10:002017-08-06T09:21:44.299+10:00The smells in Pure still linger whenever I think a...The smells in Pure still linger whenever I think about it too. Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-8100816512071218392017-08-06T00:59:53.784+10:002017-08-06T00:59:53.784+10:00Somehow I hadn't realised Les Liaisons Dangere...Somehow I hadn't realised Les Liaisons Dangereuses predated Austen, though it seems obvious now you've told me! I also loved Pure - some of the images of the cemetery will never leave me...FictionFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06212537466233602766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-53950455018741637402017-08-06T00:07:12.236+10:002017-08-06T00:07:12.236+10:00Great job! https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpres...Great job! https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/six-degrees-of-separation-pride-and-prejudice/Hopewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510172065585770709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-49901367893679536282017-08-05T23:10:56.286+10:002017-08-05T23:10:56.286+10:00Ohhh, love your Lady Susan and Dangerous Liaisons ...Ohhh, love your Lady Susan and Dangerous Liaisons link - and the film versions of both were marvellous as well (did you see Love & Friendship? Probably the funniest movie I saw last year). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-79965326963237357282017-08-05T22:23:57.779+10:002017-08-05T22:23:57.779+10:00Ah, excellent chain indeed - I too associate Lady ...Ah, excellent chain indeed - I too associate Lady Susan very much with Liaisons dangereux - clearly those manipulative but attractive countesses/aristocrats must have been quite a feature of Georgian/pre-revolutionary French society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-15318354764718960692017-08-05T22:17:46.328+10:002017-08-05T22:17:46.328+10:00I thought that link was clever and so unexpected. ...I thought that link was clever and so unexpected. Pure genius s a fantastic novel - I felt I could smel the cemetery it was so evocative Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-56305486524845630822017-08-05T22:01:11.273+10:002017-08-05T22:01:11.273+10:00Thanks. I didn't want to do the obvious book i...Thanks. I didn't want to do the obvious book in translation link after Les Liaisons and any chance I get to spruik Pure, I do :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-87409804466347777202017-08-05T21:23:05.329+10:002017-08-05T21:23:05.329+10:00Great #6degrees! Austen's 'Lady Susan'...Great #6degrees! Austen's 'Lady Susan' doesn't get enough attention. I included some epistolary novels on my list too, and I just finished reading 'See What I Have Done' as well. <br /><br />My six degrees: https://dwellinpossibilityblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/6-degrees-of-separation-pride-and-prejudice/Jessie @ Dwell in Possibility https://www.blogger.com/profile/16812314114814289903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-11154273883166217852017-08-05T21:02:10.542+10:002017-08-05T21:02:10.542+10:00I particularly like your Les Liaisons Dangereuses/...I particularly like your Les Liaisons Dangereuses/Pure link. susanosbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440140130899017234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-58154663420130327372017-08-05T21:01:54.167+10:002017-08-05T21:01:54.167+10:00Ooh - I loved Pure. Highly recommended. I have a c...Ooh - I loved Pure. Highly recommended. I have a copy of See What I Have Done too and am looking forward to it, heard great things.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650062604319300960noreply@blogger.com