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A video review of PG
A video review of PG
Hilarious. Part I here and part II here. Don't miss them. I've never read the Wideacre books (and don't intend to), but the Wuthering Heights comparison is rather interesting.
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*snickers*
Most entertaining.
Most entertaining.
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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.
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The second part of the rant wasnt as entertaining because I never read either books.
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[quote=""SCW""]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.[/quote]
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.
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.[/quote]
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.