6:30 -- It's ironic, given Mrs. Bennet's concern, that the book makes it clear that one reason Mr. Bennet has been unable to put anything by for their daughters is HER ineptitude at running the household, having "no turn for economy". However, the actual plan from the book was far more imprudent than Mr. Bennet explains at 7:15. Near the beginning of Chapter 50 we learn, "The son was to join in cutting off the entail, as soon as he should be of age, and the widow and younger children would by that means be provided for." But this would mean breaking up the estate, and this expected son would have to take on a profession or come up with some other way of making his way in the world since Longbourn would no longer be sufficient for providing a living. He would, in fact, no longer be landed gentry.
@@the-chillian I think it is. According to Black's Law Dictionary, cutting off an entail is ending it, which means that Bennet's potential son would inherit the entire estate. It would then be his choice whether or not to support his sisters, but Mr Bennet assumes he would, which was the custom of the day.
@@E3ECO Ending the entail would mean that Mr. Bennet is free to will his estate as he pleases. Edit: For clarity, with the entail in place Mr. Bennet's son DOES inherit the entire estate. The only reason it's going to Mr. Collins is that there is no son. It therefore goes to the nearest male relative.
@@the-chillian Correct, although it's a bit more complicated than that. He would have to break the entail with the cooperation of his son, who presumably would want to inherit the entire property and wouldn't help his father break the entail if he wasn't assured of getting it all. This article gives a rather lengthy explanation of the whole thing: storyandhistory.com/2009/03/cutting-off-an-entailment/ You'll want to scroll down to answer #2.
It was after the lake scene, when a half-dressed Darcy unexpectedly ran into Elizabeth and the Gardiners at Pemberley. He went inside and hurriedly dressed; we see him with his valet then. There are a few such scenes, all very brief. Once with Darcy fencing, suggesting he was trying to overcome his fascination for Elizabeth by distracting himself with physical exercise. Later on, Darcy hunting through London for Wickham. Early on there was a brief hunting scene at (I think) Netherfield, also without the women. Also the scene with Darcy bathing at Netherfield when he spies Elizabeth playing with the dog. Collectively they took up maybe 2-3 minutes though.
There are some scenes between Darcy and Bingley which are without the women and certainly when Darcy is searching the non-salubrious sections of London for Lydia that is without the women.
Some scenes are included in the mini series that are not in the book. We see Darcy's valet assisting with his bath, but they do not speak. Afterward, Darcy gazes out his window to admire Elizabeth romping with his Great Dane. The opening scene in the series has Darcy and Bingley riding horses across the countryside and discussing Bingley's move. There are flashback scenes of Darcy dealing with Wickham that are not specifically detailed in the book. Austen avoids representing the male perspective because she is more comfortable in the female point of view.
Mary is fully aware that she is the least beautiful of her sisters, the least witty and vivacious ---especially compared to Elizabeth. She has sense enough to see what a joke Lydia is making of her own reputation through her wild behavior, and how weak Kitty is to let the youngest girl bully her into going along with her foolishness. Mary craves recognition and love, and is trying to carve a path for herself to the respect and affection she wants, via scholarship and musicality. The problem is that she lacks the intellect to be a scholar, and the talent to be a true musician. So even her own family sees her as a bore and a joke, and that makes her the most pitiable of the Bennet sisters to me.
He was an intellectual snob, lazy and neglectful, and woefully naive when it came to his daughters. He was so uninterested in helping them he refused to even meet Mr Bingley at first. Is he a more ‘likeable’ person than Mrs Bennett? Yes, he’s not as vulgar or foolish, but he was a terrible parent, nonetheless. Those girls were on their own in terms of finding someone, he wasn’t going to help them, even the ones he cared about. He didn’t save any money for them, he retreated into his study rather than listen to them. He ignored Lizzie’s clear headed advice about Lydia, just so he could be free of one of those dingbat daughters for a short time and he wouldn’t have to listen to her complain. If he had disciplined Mary, Kitty or Lydia, or given them a better education, he might have been less annoyed by them and they might have had better success in the marriage market. Lydia is lost to a cad like Wickym, Mary is hopeless and will never find anyone, and unless someone takes Kitty under their wing, she’s likely to make a foolish match as well.
@@MsDidi38 he neglect education for her daughter and thats why they are silly is curious that the first. Two daughter were smarter and sensible than the last 3i thing he neglected them because he was disappointed for no having a boy
@@GitanAnimex it might have been a question of individual characters, too. In the daughters, I mean. Elizabeth mentioned that those among the sisters who wished to study could do so and were given assistance. Mary certainly studies, but without goal and purpose, it seems. The youngest two don't care. As it stands, I have one son who is a diligent student, and the other one would weasel his way out if he could. I'm not letting him. ;-)
I keep trying to come up with actors who would have better been the right age to play Darcy--Dominic West, Yannick Bisson, Eric Bana, Toby Stephens, Jude Law, Ewan MacGregor, and Mark Wahlberg, since if Vivien Leigh could play an American and Donald Sutherland could play an Englishman.....(Daniel Craig, but he always looks like he is about to doze off.)
Jennifer Ehle's natural accent is American, as it happens. Recently she has been reading the book aloud on her Instagram, and once started off with rhotic Rs. She immediately corrected herself: "Oops. Wrong continent."
@@marydonohoe8200 I have said elsewhere that Firth was at least 10 years too old for the role, and furthermore he and all the Darcys except Matthew Macfadyen--the best Darcy in the worst production--have portrayed him as originally so obnoxious and arrogant that no sensible Elizabeth would have consented to marry him ever. I don't think Austen would have liked him either.
It's so nice to see such an old documentary here. I love listening to the perspectives of those who worked on the adaptation.
Thanks a zillion for uploading this great documentary
Mr Bennett in his day married a silly, flighty airhead just as Wickham married Lydia, who is exactly like her mother
This actor that plays Bingly makes me think of Lady Diana Spencer!!!!
Spencer.
6:30 -- It's ironic, given Mrs. Bennet's concern, that the book makes it clear that one reason Mr. Bennet has been unable to put anything by for their daughters is HER ineptitude at running the household, having "no turn for economy". However, the actual plan from the book was far more imprudent than Mr. Bennet explains at 7:15. Near the beginning of Chapter 50 we learn, "The son was to join in cutting off the entail, as soon as he should be of age, and the widow and younger children would by that means be provided for." But this would mean breaking up the estate, and this expected son would have to take on a profession or come up with some other way of making his way in the world since Longbourn would no longer be sufficient for providing a living. He would, in fact, no longer be landed gentry.
I take that to mean that the son would provide for his sisters from the estate's income, not that he wouldn't inherit the entire holding.
@@E3ECO That's not what cutting off the entail means, though.
@@the-chillian I think it is. According to Black's Law Dictionary, cutting off an entail is ending it, which means that Bennet's potential son would inherit the entire estate. It would then be his choice whether or not to support his sisters, but Mr Bennet assumes he would, which was the custom of the day.
@@E3ECO Ending the entail would mean that Mr. Bennet is free to will his estate as he pleases. Edit: For clarity, with the entail in place Mr. Bennet's son DOES inherit the entire estate. The only reason it's going to Mr. Collins is that there is no son. It therefore goes to the nearest male relative.
@@the-chillian Correct, although it's a bit more complicated than that. He would have to break the entail with the cooperation of his son, who presumably would want to inherit the entire property and wouldn't help his father break the entail if he wasn't assured of getting it all.
This article gives a rather lengthy explanation of the whole thing:
storyandhistory.com/2009/03/cutting-off-an-entailment/
You'll want to scroll down to answer #2.
I never noticed, Darcy is referred to as “the taller gentleman” but it looks like Crispin is just as tall as Colin (I think Adrian is close as well).
Nothing a huge top hat can't sort out
Elise Hewitt True! 😂
I never realized we never see the men without the women, although I think I remember a scene between Darcy and his valet.
It was after the lake scene, when a half-dressed Darcy unexpectedly ran into Elizabeth and the Gardiners at Pemberley. He went inside and hurriedly dressed; we see him with his valet then.
There are a few such scenes, all very brief. Once with Darcy fencing, suggesting he was trying to overcome his fascination for Elizabeth by distracting himself with physical exercise. Later on, Darcy hunting through London for Wickham. Early on there was a brief hunting scene at (I think) Netherfield, also without the women. Also the scene with Darcy bathing at Netherfield when he spies Elizabeth playing with the dog. Collectively they took up maybe 2-3 minutes though.
There are some scenes between Darcy and Bingley which are without the women and certainly when Darcy is searching the non-salubrious sections of London for Lydia that is without the women.
Some scenes are included in the mini series that are not in the book. We see Darcy's valet assisting with his bath, but they do not speak. Afterward, Darcy gazes out his window to admire Elizabeth romping with his Great Dane. The opening scene in the series has Darcy and Bingley riding horses across the countryside and discussing Bingley's move. There are flashback scenes of Darcy dealing with Wickham that are not specifically detailed in the book. Austen avoids representing the male perspective because she is more comfortable in the female point of view.
What surprised me was that Mary is classed as silly. She is the most serious
I think she is seen as ridiculous.
She is completely ridiculous because she is too serious.
She is ridiculous.
Indeed...
Mary is fully aware that she is the least beautiful of her sisters, the least witty and vivacious ---especially compared to Elizabeth. She has sense enough to see what a joke Lydia is making of her own reputation through her wild behavior, and how weak Kitty is to let the youngest girl bully her into going along with her foolishness. Mary craves recognition and love, and is trying to carve a path for herself to the respect and affection she wants, via scholarship and musicality. The problem is that she lacks the intellect to be a scholar, and the talent to be a true musician. So even her own family sees her as a bore and a joke, and that makes her the most pitiable of the Bennet sisters to me.
I don't judge Mr. Bennet so harshly. I see him as a man who uses humor to deal with a house full of silly women.
well they were 'silly' from his perspective
Diane Kerrison They were silly from most people’s perspectives.
He was an intellectual snob, lazy and neglectful, and woefully naive when it came to his daughters. He was so uninterested in helping them he refused to even meet Mr Bingley at first. Is he a more ‘likeable’ person than Mrs Bennett? Yes, he’s not as vulgar or foolish, but he was a terrible parent, nonetheless. Those girls were on their own in terms of finding someone, he wasn’t going to help them, even the ones he cared about. He didn’t save any money for them, he retreated into his study rather than listen to them. He ignored Lizzie’s clear headed advice about Lydia, just so he could be free of one of those dingbat daughters for a short time and he wouldn’t have to listen to her complain. If he had disciplined Mary, Kitty or Lydia, or given them a better education, he might have been less annoyed by them and they might have had better success in the marriage market. Lydia is lost to a cad like Wickym, Mary is hopeless and will never find anyone, and unless someone takes Kitty under their wing, she’s likely to make a foolish match as well.
@@MsDidi38 he neglect education for her daughter and thats why they are silly is curious that the first. Two daughter were smarter and sensible than the last 3i thing he neglected them because he was disappointed for no having a boy
@@GitanAnimex it might have been a question of individual characters, too. In the daughters, I mean. Elizabeth mentioned that those among the sisters who wished to study could do so and were given assistance. Mary certainly studies, but without goal and purpose, it seems. The youngest two don't care. As it stands, I have one son who is a diligent student, and the other one would weasel his way out if he could. I'm not letting him. ;-)
Thank you 😊
Mrs. Bennett got on my last nerve!
9:18 Love it!
Questa scena l’adoro.
4:20
The dyed hair (or is it a toupee?) really ages him
Grow old gracefully, the hair/face mismatch is very distracting
2 Relationships in the Novel.
I keep trying to come up with actors who would have better been the right age to play Darcy--Dominic West, Yannick Bisson, Eric Bana, Toby Stephens, Jude Law, Ewan MacGregor, and Mark Wahlberg, since if Vivien Leigh could play an American and Donald Sutherland could play an Englishman.....(Daniel Craig, but he always looks like he is about to doze off.)
Jennifer Ehle's natural accent is American, as it happens. Recently she has been reading the book aloud on her Instagram, and once started off with rhotic Rs. She immediately corrected herself: "Oops. Wrong continent."
Why on earth? Colin Firth is and always will be the quintessential Darcy.
@@marydonohoe8200 I have said elsewhere that Firth was at least 10 years too old for the role, and furthermore he and all the Darcys except Matthew Macfadyen--the best Darcy in the worst production--have portrayed him as originally so obnoxious and arrogant that no sensible Elizabeth would have consented to marry him ever. I don't think Austen would have liked him either.
Mary is ridiculous.
Mary is quite nice,on the contrary!