I’ve just come across your inst account and newsletter. Thank you for your essay on Annie Ernaux. It resonated with me and made me quite sad. I lost my mum 16 years ago in March but can still remember the last nine days of her life. It only took that amount of time from diagnosis to death. Sitting by her bedside talking to her morphine induced ramblings about booking flights to the UK, washing her body and turning her, holding her hand for hours while Neil Diamond played on repeat… I’ve lost my dad now as well so we are the next generation of ‘oldies’ although I certainly don’t feel it! Death comes to us all. I would not give up those last days with her for anything. It was agonising and visceral but necessary and loving.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience Alexandra. I’m so sorry for your loss. I found Annie Ernaux's book such a difficult read because it brought back so many memories for me. At the same time, it's also comforting to know that grief and loss are things that we all share, and that we are not alone.
I have always thought of the 'rain scene' in the 2005 version of P&P as a way of adding some sexiness to the film. Also as a new take on the scene most female viewers love in the 1995 version, that is, the scene when Lizzie comes across Mr Darcy coming back wet from the lake. Knowing the director's and your own explanation/analysis certainly makes me think of it through a new perspective.
Thank you. remember the huge reaction to Darcy's wet shirt scene in the 1995 version very well! That adaptation was so very popular here, it was the television series everyone was talking about. I think it's interesting that the 2005 version also has Darcy walking across the fields with his shirt open at the end of the film. I have often thought about this as representing the unbuttoning of Darcy's character. By letting us see him undressed, we are also seeing him off his guard, the pride and the prejudice stripped away to reveal the real, feeling man underneath.
I’ve just come across your inst account and newsletter. Thank you for your essay on Annie Ernaux. It resonated with me and made me quite sad. I lost my mum 16 years ago in March but can still remember the last nine days of her life. It only took that amount of time from diagnosis to death. Sitting by her bedside talking to her morphine induced ramblings about booking flights to the UK, washing her body and turning her, holding her hand for hours while Neil Diamond played on repeat… I’ve lost my dad now as well so we are the next generation of ‘oldies’ although I certainly don’t feel it! Death comes to us all. I would not give up those last days with her for anything. It was agonising and visceral but necessary and loving.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience Alexandra. I’m so sorry for your loss. I found Annie Ernaux's book such a difficult read because it brought back so many memories for me. At the same time, it's also comforting to know that grief and loss are things that we all share, and that we are not alone.
I have always thought of the 'rain scene' in the 2005 version of P&P as a way of adding some sexiness to the film. Also as a new take on the scene most female viewers love in the 1995 version, that is, the scene when Lizzie comes across Mr Darcy coming back wet from the lake. Knowing the director's and your own explanation/analysis certainly makes me think of it through a new perspective.
Thank you. remember the huge reaction to Darcy's wet shirt scene in the 1995 version very well! That adaptation was so very popular here, it was the television series everyone was talking about. I think it's interesting that the 2005 version also has Darcy walking across the fields with his shirt open at the end of the film. I have often thought about this as representing the unbuttoning of Darcy's character. By letting us see him undressed, we are also seeing him off his guard, the pride and the prejudice stripped away to reveal the real, feeling man underneath.