She did have a donkey cart or some such when she lived at Chawton Cottage -- they have it as part of the museum displays there. From her letters though it sounds as if she preferred walking. Loved your post! *hug*
Carriage driving was a big sport at that time (since functional roads were still an exciting novelty), done by both men and women for fun, though mostly by the former, of course.
Just think what we could all be capable of without the distractions of TV or the internet.
What I most regret is that her family burned most of the letters she sent them after she died! They apparently chose the most humourous and cutting to do away with.
To be fair, I think I write better because of the internet.
That may be possible.
Also, allow me to clarify, the first sentence of the second paragraph should have been "after she died, her family burned most of the letters she wrote to them." I didn't mean to imply that she wrote letters to them after she died. Though I'm sure her take on the afterlife would have been hilarious!
Sense and Sensibility was on last night. I know that I gripe (constantly) about the Jordanians and their lack of interest in anything remotely intellectual, but I can't remember the last time a movie like that could be shown on regular network television in the US AND get high ratings. With subtitles, no less (although the thought of Austen dubbed in Arabic is rather intriguing).
Watching certain films here is aggravating. Even the Incredibles was cut--like the scene where he gets released and hugs Mirage. They cut that. Yep.
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Date: 2008-10-31 05:43 pm (UTC)I really have no clue, actually.
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Date: 2008-10-31 06:03 pm (UTC)(Great to hear from you!)
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Date: 2008-10-31 05:39 pm (UTC)What I most regret is that her family burned most of the letters she sent them after she died! They apparently chose the most humourous and cutting to do away with.
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Date: 2008-10-31 05:42 pm (UTC)To be fair, I think I write better because of the internet. Of course, that might just be a measure of how badly I wrote before it. :)
But I'll totally agree with the bit about TV.
They apparently chose the most humourous and cutting to do away with.
Alas! Typical.
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Date: 2008-10-31 05:46 pm (UTC)That may be possible.
Also, allow me to clarify, the first sentence of the second paragraph should have been "after she died, her family burned most of the letters she wrote to them." I didn't mean to imply that she wrote letters to them after she died. Though I'm sure her take on the afterlife would have been hilarious!
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Date: 2008-10-31 06:04 pm (UTC)Absolutely!
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Date: 2008-11-02 09:19 am (UTC)Sense and Sensibility was on last night. I know that I gripe (constantly) about the Jordanians and their lack of interest in anything remotely intellectual, but I can't remember the last time a movie like that could be shown on regular network television in the US AND get high ratings. With subtitles, no less (although the thought of Austen dubbed in Arabic is rather intriguing).
Watching certain films here is aggravating. Even the Incredibles was cut--like the scene where he gets released and hugs Mirage. They cut that. Yep.