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I'm stopping. I can't spend time with these people anymore.
Bathsheba is excruciating. She is spoiled, selfish and unkind, much like the Prince who became a Beast, and beautiful as she is reported to be she is ugly because her personality is ugly. I hear tell that she is becoming something of a feminist icon these days. I sure hope not. I can't imagine any intelligent, strong willed woman who would want to behave like a toddler throwing a fit at bedtime. It's not strength. It's selfishness.
But t ...more
Bathsheba is excruciating. She is spoiled, selfish and unkind, much like the Prince who became a Beast, and beautiful as she is reported to be she is ugly because her personality is ugly. I hear tell that she is becoming something of a feminist icon these days. I sure hope not. I can't imagine any intelligent, strong willed woman who would want to behave like a toddler throwing a fit at bedtime. It's not strength. It's selfishness.
But t ...more
Feb 25, 2021
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Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile
The short and simple annals of the poor.
...Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire;
Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd,
Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre.
...Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air ...more
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile
The short and simple annals of the poor.
...Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire;
Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd,
Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre.
...Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air ...more
Now I MUST read the book after this great BBC dramatization.
Apr 11, 2009
Christian
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Jaci McCon
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it was amazing
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May 04, 2014
Jennifer
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