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A video review of PG

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A video review of PG

Post by Misfit » Wed May 18th, 2011, 12:27 pm

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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Post by fljustice » Wed May 18th, 2011, 1:50 pm

Thanks, Misfit! Loved the Wuthering Heights comparison.
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Post by LoveHistory » Wed May 18th, 2011, 2:57 pm

Wonderfully entertaining!

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Post by LoobyG » Wed May 18th, 2011, 4:04 pm

Best thing I've seen on You-tube for ages! Very, very entertaining :D

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Post by Divia » Wed May 18th, 2011, 8:00 pm

*snickers*

Most entertaining.
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Post by Misfit » Wed May 18th, 2011, 8:30 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.
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Post by Divia » Thu May 19th, 2011, 12:53 am

The second part of the rant wasnt as entertaining because I never read either books.
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Post by SCW » Thu May 19th, 2011, 9:16 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.

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Post by Miss Moppet » Fri May 20th, 2011, 5:07 pm

[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]

: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.

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Post by SCW » Sun May 22nd, 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)

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