Hertfordshire has been an inspiration to many writers including the world-famous Thomas Hardy and Enid Blyton. With the country in lockdown visiting different parts of our region isn t the best idea with everyone being told to stay at home. However, that shouldn t stop you from exploring Herts through literature with one of these top class novels:
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
Image - Pixabay Technically not a novel, this play by Oscar Wilde was first performed in 1895 at the St James s Theatre in London. The trivial comedy for serious people is centred around two protagonists trying to escape burdensome social obligations.
Hertfordshire has been an inspiration to many writers including the world-famous Thomas Hardy and Enid Blyton. With the country in lockdown visiting different parts of our region isn t the best idea with everyone being told to stay at home. However, that shouldn t stop you from exploring Herts through literature with one of these top class novels:
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
Image - Pixabay Technically not a novel, this play by Oscar Wilde was first performed in 1895 at the St James s Theatre in London. The trivial comedy for serious people is centred around two protagonists trying to escape burdensome social obligations.
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It has been hailed as the new Pride And Prejudice and, like Jane Austen s masterpiece, period drama Bridgerton is full of romance, scandal, clever heroines and dashing young men.
But the lavish Netflix show, based on Julia Quinn s novels and available to watch from Christmas Day, is much sexier. Nicole Lampert compares the two.
SISTERS DESIRING A SUITABLE SUITOR
The aristocrats in Bridgerton would look down on Elizabeth Bennet. Pride And Prejudice was about the Bennet sisters and their need to find a suitable match , especially as there was no son to inherit their father s small fortune. Bridgerton is also about finding the right marriage for a young lady, but on a much grander scale.
What is the plot of
Pride and Prejudice?
Pride and Prejudice follows the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner. They must overcome the titular sins of pride and prejudice in order to fall in love and marry.
What is the first sentence of
Pride and Prejudice?
The famous first sentence of
Pride and Prejudice is: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
What was
Pride and Prejudice was originally titled
First Impressions.