Or Why the Amneisa Trope Would Never Work for Mr. Darcy
This post has moved here: https://bethanydellemanwriter.com/imagining-the-regency-era-mr-darcy-looks-rich/
Imagining the Regency Era: Mr. Darcy Looks Rich
Posted
in
clothing and fashion, daily life, Georgian era, JAFF, Living in the Regency, Pride and Prejudice, Regency era
by
10 responses to “Imagining the Regency Era: Mr. Darcy Looks Rich”
-
I really like your style BUT almost every trope is imposs., not only this one, and people love to mess about with Darcy, shoving him (conveniently for his sex life) in snowbound houses with Lizzy, making them into mages, zombies, Gilded Agers etc. etc. Once you start being logical – and you, at least, are remorselessly logical – there’s no end to it.
I’m in the live and let live camp. If it makes people happy and keeps writers (for a while) out of the public houses, I say carry on. Yours, off to the pub, Alice
-
I’m ok with most things but I must admit I’m now reluctant to read books with never ending misunderstandings between Darcy and Lizzy. I also prefer less of the Wickham and Lydia story. I prefer ODC to get together (and preferably marry) early in the story and together fight and deal with enemies or detractors.
-
I really dislike a simple misunderstanding, no one does it like Austen! The dislike and misunderstanding in the original novel is perfectly done.
-
-
Lol, you will probably hate my next variation I’m writing then, because it’s all about Darcy having amnesia! 😂. In my defense, they do assume he’s rich, and they do try to find his family, who realize he’s missing, but various circumstances prevent their finding him for about a month, and he still doesn’t get his memory back right away (cuz where’s the fun in that?)
-
Well it seems like you’ve avoided most of what I dislike!
-
-
Darcy having amnesia sounds like a different plot line. Interesting post, I did not know wine making stains your hands but it makes sense now I think of it!lol I like different scenarios with Lizzy and Darcy too just not too outlandish!
-
I have a friend who is a vitner, which is how I learned about the hand staining. I’m sure other professionals who worked with pigments would have similar problems!
I don’t mind an outlandish plot when it’s done well. This isn’t meant to be an attack.
-
-
love learning more
-
Just one point: those laws you mentioned banning the ‘lower orders’ from wearing certain fabrics and colours were called “sumptuary laws”. They kept being passed into law over and over again, decade after decade, reign after reign – and they never, ever worked.
Whenever you see the same laws on the same issue passed repeatedly over time, that’s a sign nobody is obeying them.
-
No one can keep the poor from trying to be fancy, what a pity! Those poor rich people. Though I do think they were enforced effectiely in some other countries because the penalities were higher (China, Korea, but I’m not a historian).
I know that maids would recieve cast-off gowns from their employeers as well. But there are other clues!
-
Leave a Reply