The Other Austen

Guaranteed to Bring Out the Bitch In You

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But the fuss we make about who to choose. And love still dies and money still vanishes. And, spinster, lover, wife, every woman has regrets. So we read about your heroines and feel young again. And in love. And full of hope. As if we can make that choice again.” 

Miss Austen Regrets (2008)

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  • 27th June
    2012
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Watching 'Miss Austen Regrets' with my Dad, part two

  • Dad: Fanny's a brat.
  • Me: She's upset, and justifiably so. I am sure that if Tom Hiddleston got halfway through proposing to me then changed his mind and wandered off, babbling about trees, I'd pitch a fit as well.
  • Dad: I think she's better off without Mr. Douchey. He hates fun on principle and didn't want to dance with her.
  • Me: He changed his mind!
  • Dad: Still. He didn't want to dance with a cute girl because it was Sunday, but then gambling is perfectly okay? Kid doesn't have his head on right. If he weren't Tom I don't think I would like him at all.
  • Me: But because he is Tom, you are forcing yourself to like him against your better judgement?
  • Dad: His hair looks like noodles.
  • Later
  • Dad: WHAT THE FUCK WHO IS THAT TURD.
  • Me: What turd?
  • Dad: THAT TURD FANNY'S MARRYING WHO IS NOT TOM.
  • Me: I don't know.
  • Dad: WHY ISN'T SHE MARRYING TOM.
  • Me: Because he got engaged to someone else, remember?
  • Dad: BUT I THOUGHT HE'D CHANGE HIS MIND AND THEY'D GET BACK TOGETHER JUST LIKE IN JANE'S BOOKS.
  • Me: This is about Jane's life, Dad, not her books.
  • Dad: BUT. BUT. HE'S NOT TOM. WHY WOULD SHE MARRY SOMEONE WHO ISN'T TOM. HE'S JUST SOME TURD AND NOW SHE'S GOING TO BE MRS. TURD INSTEAD OF MRS. TOM. THIS IS AWFUL.
  • Me: Also, Jane Austen died poor and alone? That's kinda sad too? Besides, I thought you didn't like Mr. Plumptre.
  • Dad: BUT HE'S TOM.
  • Me: You are a complex individual to be certain, Father.
  • Dad: I don't like this movie.
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Fanny: What if I pass him on the street, and I never know that he was the one? Jane: And what if you do meet him, and he doesn’t have any money? Fanny: But if I loved him, then nothing else would matter. Jane: In heavens name, what gave you that idea? Fanny: Well, it says so in one of your books.

Fanny: What if I pass him on the street, and I never know that he was the one?
Jane: And what if you do meet him, and he doesn’t have any money?
Fanny: But if I loved him, then nothing else would matter.
Jane: In heavens name, what gave you that idea?
Fanny: Well, it says so in one of your books.

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