tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69880279146413225062011-07-08T05:18:47.710-07:00Lisa Reist Etceterahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686424838048720831noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988027914641322506.post-15022079413629129102010-02-15T16:28:00.000-08:002010-02-15T17:59:54.076-08:00<span style="font-family:georgia;">Penguin recently released pretty new hardback versions of some classic novels, and I, being a sucker for both books and pretty things, swooned, an</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">d bought a few as soon as the opportunity arose. Among these (</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">Great Expectations</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">Tess of the</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;"> d'Urbervilles</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">, etc) was </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">Jane Eyre</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">. Being the refined young lady that I am, I was of course familiar with the work of both the Brontë sisters and Jane Austen. There even seems to be a bit of an Austen revival going on in the 'cute movies for w</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">omen' genre of films lately. </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">Pride and Prejudice</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> is considered to be one of the ultimate romances--who doesn't love Mr. Darcy? I thought I d</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">id.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br />And then I read </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">Jane Eyre</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> and my eyes were opened. </span>It<span style="font-family:georgia;">'s a bit like </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">Pride and Prejudice</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">-- but cool.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br />Where Austen's classic characters are charming and easy to identify with--what girl doesn't want to be Elizabeth Bennet, confident and intelligent with a loving family?-- Charlotte Brontë's protagonist is an orphaned girl, scorned by her selfish (rich) adopted family who resents her very existence. Aware of this at an early age, she qui</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">ckly becomes self-reliant, and after surviving an impoverished existence at a charity school, she carves out a living as a governess, and soon falls in love. Unlike </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">Pride and Prejudice</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">, however, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">Jane Eyre</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">'s titular character deals with a bit more than Elizabeth Bennet--emotional abuse, patriarchy, destitution, death--and love does not equal wedded bliss for Jane. She makes hard choices throughout the story, and faces the consequences of all of her decisions without shying away, whereas Ms. Bennet's major obstacle seems to be her trouble grasping the idea that she may be as proud as the man she's fallen for.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Basically, if this were a fight, I'd bet on Brontë.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kq3TNjjlO28/S3n6Dz9k1WI/AAAAAAAAADA/9-ImrPNySnI/s1600-h/brontevausten.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kq3TNjjlO28/S3n6Dz9k1WI/AAAAAAAAADA/9-ImrPNySnI/s400/brontevausten.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438652968421610850" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6988027914641322506-1502207941362912910?l=lisareist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lisa Reist Etceterahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686424838048720831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988027914641322506.post-41934766415498303412008-12-21T22:16:00.000-08:002008-12-21T22:20:25.673-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kq3TNjjlO28/SU8xgntUFRI/AAAAAAAAACc/irs6OwCaHhU/s1600-h/RockefellerWinter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 62px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kq3TNjjlO28/SU8xgntUFRI/AAAAAAAAACc/irs6OwCaHhU/s320/RockefellerWinter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282495324413498642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande;">Happy Holidays!</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6988027914641322506-4193476641549830341?l=lisareist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lisa Reist Etceterahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686424838048720831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988027914641322506.post-38312038711502771732008-04-28T11:39:00.000-07:002008-04-28T11:45:17.501-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kq3TNjjlO28/SBYau2A1mpI/AAAAAAAAABA/KRNLWC__lIY/s1600-h/e3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kq3TNjjlO28/SBYau2A1mpI/AAAAAAAAABA/KRNLWC__lIY/s320/e3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194368612293778066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kq3TNjjlO28/SBYavGA1mqI/AAAAAAAAABI/SxIFgO4vlBY/s1600-h/g2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kq3TNjjlO28/SBYavGA1mqI/AAAAAAAAABI/SxIFgO4vlBY/s320/g2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194368616588745378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kq3TNjjlO28/SBYavmA1mrI/AAAAAAAAABQ/b9RFo1vfARg/s1600-h/f2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kq3TNjjlO28/SBYavmA1mrI/AAAAAAAAABQ/b9RFo1vfARg/s320/f2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194368625178679986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Some work from my watercolor studio class</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6988027914641322506-3831203871150277173?l=lisareist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lisa Reist Etceterahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686424838048720831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988027914641322506.post-80164867671780058462008-03-04T22:16:00.000-08:002008-03-04T22:43:50.383-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kq3TNjjlO28/R84_I6XERtI/AAAAAAAAAAc/ZaKS81iPePo/s1600-h/mccain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 388px; height: 286px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kq3TNjjlO28/R84_I6XERtI/AAAAAAAAAAc/ZaKS81iPePo/s320/mccain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174142444232787666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />So, here's the pick for the Republican side...do they keep this guy in formaldehyde?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6988027914641322506-8016486767178005846?l=lisareist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lisa Reist Etceterahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686424838048720831noreply@blogger.com0