Why, oh why, is it always Pride and Prej, rather than any other Austen?

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Greythorne · 05/01/2012 21:01

i am coaching a teenager who has just announced that their set text is P and P.
I am sooooooo bored with P and P.

Am I the only one who finds Pride and Prej very predictable with characters who are wooden and a plot that's a bit non-existent? Why can't they set Emma or S and S?

Tell me I am wrong and give me reasons to love P and P.

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Hassled · 05/01/2012 21:13

Is Persuasion ever a set text?

AtYourCervix · 05/01/2012 21:13

yes Lizzie has spirit. and she's funny.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 05/01/2012 21:11

No, Jane is worthy: Lizzie is feisty.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 05/01/2012 21:11

I used to teach, 'Emma' or, 'Sense And Sensibility.' Several characters in P&P are meant to be quite cartoonish in order to make us appreciate Jane and Lizzie more in comparison and thus show why Darcy and Bingley are 'taken in by them' as Miss Bingley might say!

My main concern about P&P is that dd1 calls me Mrs Bennet!

I like 'Emma' because she is credible and because, like Marianne Dashwood, she can learn from her mistakes - she is far less irritating than bloody Emma Bovary anyway.

Hulababy · 05/01/2012 21:10

I like all the books but have to admit that I still like P&P best.

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Greythorne · 05/01/2012 21:08

You are right, Emma is flighty....but Elizabeth is so worthy

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AtYourCervix · 05/01/2012 21:03

DD is doing P&P. I keep telling her how funny it is. packed full of grotesque characters (Mrs B, Mr Collins, Lady Catherine).
Emma irritates me - she's so bloody flghty.

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