Wednesday, December 21, 2005
women never change
If you are female and have never read "Pride and Prejudice," take Lauren Franklin's advice and do so immediately. In reading it for the second time, I came across a bit today that is as appropriate now as it was when Jane Austen wrote it two centuries ago. I'd like to share it with you now.
"We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect. It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does."
All of this kind of goes out the window when you consider the fact that both Lizzie and Jane get their men. Actually, that their men pursue them relentlessly. That the admiration in question here really means exactly what is fancied. Hmmm, well, at least the first sentence still holds true.
"We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect. It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does."
All of this kind of goes out the window when you consider the fact that both Lizzie and Jane get their men. Actually, that their men pursue them relentlessly. That the admiration in question here really means exactly what is fancied. Hmmm, well, at least the first sentence still holds true.
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