“I loathe you!” “And I despise you!” Pause. Kiss. That’s the heartbeat (or love/hatebeat) of Pride and Prejudice and it has kept the novel and all its stage and movie versions happily throbbing no matter what else in them works and fails. Elizabeth Bennet may be the most perfect incarnation of female ambivalence about romance ever created. Initially, she feels no need (...)
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'Pride and Prejudice' & 'Shopgirl'
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