Kate Winslet was the perfect Marianne and IIRC the only actor who was the right age, altho everyone did such a great job and the movie was so beautiful. But it's really more S&S fanfic (which is fine! It's gorgeous fanfic).
A friend of mine called the book The Taming of Marianne and she wasn't far wrong. Psychological guessing is always pointless as well as rude, but it's interesting how many young women in Austen are torpedoed by a too-public declaration of affection.
The villains are really what I remember about this novel. Willoughby is every guy you should never fall for and can't help it, and Lucy Steele is a delicious monster (played wonderfully by Imogen Stubbs).
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Date: 2022-09-05 04:45 pm (UTC)A friend of mine called the book The Taming of Marianne and she wasn't far wrong. Psychological guessing is always pointless as well as rude, but it's interesting how many young women in Austen are torpedoed by a too-public declaration of affection.
The villains are really what I remember about this novel. Willoughby is every guy you should never fall for and can't help it, and Lucy Steele is a delicious monster (played wonderfully by Imogen Stubbs).