My eldest daughter can't be the only one who aligns herself to Elizabeth Bennet (although I think the Andrew Davies serialisation with Colin Firth has influenced her somewhat). She told me that she liked the idea of taking a turn round the garden. I suggested that if she continued in that manner I must consider her be one of the two silliest girls in the country.
My favourite novel? The End of The Affair - Graham Greene.
Relating Oatley's research to my choice and considering internalising the feelings and actions of the characters I was a bit freaked out; the story is about an adulterous affair and covers the themes of love, hate, unfaithfulness and the presence of God in our lives. I'm not sure I have enough energy to internalise any of those intense feelings - least of all mirror them!
However, the main character says at the beginning of the novel that he is a writer and is 'narrating' the story, to me this suggests that he is also deciding what is recorded - and how. Therefore 'controlling' all of the themes, even 'controlling' the divine. Ha! Now that sounds like me!
And the film is pretty good too!
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