The Hall of Fire

Groombridge Place, which was used for Longbourn, is a moated 17th Century manor house, it's not a farm house.

There is certainly a farm at Longbourn: the reason why Jane can't use the coach on her visit to Netherfield is that the horses are wanted in the farm.

What make a successful adaptation? This post arises out of the infamous P v R debates on TORC and my thoughts on the two recent adaptations of Pride and Prejudice. By way of background, I consider the following to be great adaptations of books I know well and love, and which I knew before encounteri...

truehobbit wrote:Thanks, Aravar! So that means it's sung as an English folk-song or popular song, even if it's not well known?
Fascinating!

I think it's sung simply as an English version of the aria, not as either a folk or popular song.

Thank you, Voronwë. Truehobbit, googling I found that this is the full text that Jennifer Ehle sings You who have tasted love's mystic spell What is this sorrow naught can dispel? (repeat 2x) Fair dame or maiden, none else may know My heart o'erladen, why is this so? What is this yearning, these tre...

I'll add to my post above about the Keira movie. On Mr Benner's outlook perhaps I'm just a sad desperate person who wishes he was trapped in the 18thCentury (with an estate, of course.) It can't be assumed that the income has stayed the same. NAM Rodger, whose book it's in, calls it an heroic assump...

If no-one objects I'll start on the Keira Knightley version. SPOILERS THROUGHOUT The difficulty that this version has of course compared to the BBC version is simply that of time. It does feel like a series of vignettes from the book, and is rather rushed. Because of this I think that important char...

I watched the Keira one last night, so I'm happy to discuss it.

I don't really know what to add about the book itself, just to say I'm in the fans of Mr Bennet camp. the 'What do we live but to make sport for our neighbours...' line seems to me to be a reasonable outlook on life. Since reading the books I've wished I was Darcy, feared I was Collins, and suspecte...

I'm of the view that the 'If you touch me.... ' speech is crucial to the Ring's destruction. It is so close to the actual destruction in terms of the narrative that I'm sure they are interrelated. Its omission from the climax of the film surprised me. I too dissent from the 'Divine Push' view. I thi...

It's a shame I've missed most of the discussion. I've loved the book since studying it for A-Level, and the Jennifer Ehle adaptation is perfect.

That adaptation is one of the reasons I'm an LOTR purist.

Having played a game for more than eight hours yesterday, I'm waiting to see what the dire consequences are. I've played computer games and board wargames for many many years. I don't think that it trivialises killing or desensitises one about violence. It hasn't turned me into an academic underachi...

I have a copy of the Legendarium book. I think it's the best book of (non-HOME) Tolkien scholarship I've bought apart from Shippey's Road to Middle-Earth. It is very specialised and is quite dry and less 'easy' than some of the more popular books. It's well worth buying, if you can stretch to it.