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Misfit
05-18-2011, 12:27 PM
Hilarious. Part I here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9_IoMh1k1s) and part II here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5pW1A3kl8A&feature=related). Don't miss them. I've never read the Wideacre books (and don't intend to), but the Wuthering Heights comparison is rather interesting.
fljustice
05-18-2011, 01:50 PM
Thanks, Misfit! Loved the Wuthering Heights comparison.
LoveHistory
05-18-2011, 02:57 PM
Wonderfully entertaining!
LoobyG
05-18-2011, 04:04 PM
Best thing I've seen on You-tube for ages! Very, very entertaining :D
Divia
05-18-2011, 08:00 PM
*snickers*

Most entertaining.
Misfit
05-18-2011, 08:30 PM
There is a good chance of a blog post about this from a blogger with 1) a wicked sense of humor and 2) has read the Wideacre book. I'll post a link for you all when I have it.
Divia
05-19-2011, 12:53 AM
The second part of the rant wasnt as entertaining because I never read either books.
SCW
05-19-2011, 09:16 AM
I can and will never be able to see the similarities between Wideace and Wuthering Heights.
Personally (and here I'm going to betray some bad teenage reading habits) I thought Wideacre was closer in theme to the Virginia Andrews novels than Emily Bronte.
Miss Moppet
05-20-2011, 05:07 PM
I can and will never be able to see the similarities between Wideace and Wuthering Heights.
Personally (and here I'm going to betray some bad teenage reading habits) I thought Wideacre was closer in theme to the Virginia Andrews novels than Emily Bronte.

:D I remember everyone at school reading Wideacre and Flowers in the Attic when I was about 15. I've had Wideacre on the TBR pile forever so I didn't watch much of the second part of the rant because it was clearly going to spoil the whole plot. For what it's worth I think Wuthering Heights' two-generation structure might have been inspired by Elizabeth Inchbald's A Simple Story, but I take her point & it will definitely give me a new perspective.
SCW
05-22-2011, 12:51 AM
I've only watched the YouTube rant now. The Wideacre part made me LOL. "Eyes dark with desire"...Oh Dear
She should have posted this before I bought the Constant Princess. And I have no desire to buy the White Queen anymore (Sorry anyone)
fljustice
05-22-2011, 01:49 PM
I've only watched the YouTube rant now. The Wideacre part made me LOL. "Eyes dark with desire"...Oh Dear
She should have posted this before I bought the Constant Princess. And I have no desire to buy the White Queen anymore (Sorry anyone)

I gave up on PG after the tepid Constant Princess. I thought I might give her Wideacre series a try to see if her earlier writing was better, but now...no way!