View Poll Results: Who is your favourite Austen Hero and why?

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  • Captain Fredrick Wentworth

    21 34.43%

  • Edmund Bertram

    1 1.64%

  • Edward Ferrars

    0 0%

  • Fitzwilliam Darcy

    23 37.70%

  • George Knightley

    10 16.39%

  • Henry Tilney

    3 4.92%

  • Colonel Brandon

    3 4.92%
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Thread: The Jane Austen hero vote

  1. 03-13-2009, 08:46 AM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by LadyWentworth View Post
    So, you, too, have fallen in love with him because of "his beautiful grounds at Pemberley". Yes, yes, you think he is an OK guy, too. But admit it. The thought of being mistress to that place would probably be the best part of it all.
    No woman can resist the thought of being mistress to Pemberley. Hahaa!

    Quote Originally Posted by optimisticnad View Post
    P.s - in the movie version in the infamous scene where COlin Firth is soaked and bumps into Jane as she is looking around the grounds - did you not see how ...sexy he looked, or the very subtle way she looked at him up and down? That's where I got my idea from - she changed her mind when she saw his grounds all right! Definitely a metaphor for something else !



    Well he needs 8 more votes, I propose we now hide this thread so no one else can vote - or close it, we've got a winner now!
    That scene was very much just like fan service to me. I don't see the significance of adding that to the serial!
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  2. 03-13-2009, 11:33 AM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by warm View Post
    No woman can resist the thought of being mistress to Pemberley. Hahaa!


    That scene was very much just like fan service to me. I don't see the significance of adding that to the serial!
    Perhaps the significance lies in the double entendre I suggested. Who knows for sure, but I'm not complaining!

    Why can't we vote twice?! - THat would then be 18 votes for Wentworth!
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  3. 03-13-2009, 11:44 AM #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by optimisticnad View Post
    Why can't we vote twice?! - THat would then be 18 votes for Wentworth!
    cuz den Id vote 4 Tilney or Darcy.

    looooooooooollllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. 03-13-2009, 12:11 PM #34
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    Darcy's catching up! XD
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  5. 03-13-2009, 01:34 PM #35
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    I'm torn between Knightley, Darcy and Wentworth. How long do I have to make up my mind?
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  6. 03-17-2009, 06:41 PM #36
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    I probably was not a good one to vote as it was not very educated. I have only read Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey. Meaning not a very educated vote but I voted nonetheless.
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  7. 03-17-2009, 07:36 PM #37
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    Quote Originally Posted by mosimo View Post
    I probably was not a good one to vote as it was not very educated. I have only read Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey. Meaning not a very educated vote but I voted nonetheless.
    Hey, this is an excellent point.

    How many of Austen books have you guys read?

    *has read them all at least twice*

    *beams*

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  8. 03-17-2009, 09:53 PM #38
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    read all six at least four times ;P

    i can't believe it. ten votes for wentworth.
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  9. 03-18-2009, 12:06 AM #39
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    Just turned the tide by voting for Darcy.

    Who can resist a man as violently in love as he is with Elizabeth?

    How many of Austen books have you guys read?
    All, more than once.
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  10. 03-21-2009, 05:38 PM #40
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    I've read them all, including lady susan, the incompletes of the watsons and sandition and a collection of stories under the title catherine and other stories. Persuasion is the one i've read the most.
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  11. 03-21-2009, 05:43 PM #41
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    Jane Austen is my favorite author.

    It's George Knightley for me. He seems to have some sense of fun (really!). I found Darcy quite romantic, but a little too reserved.
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  12. 03-21-2009, 06:03 PM #42
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    Quote Originally Posted by warm View Post
    No woman can resist the thought of being mistress to Pemberley. Hahaa!
    True.

    Quote Originally Posted by qimissung View Post
    I'm torn between Knightley, Darcy and Wentworth. How long do I have to make up my mind?
    Well, there isn't a time limit, but I noticed that you still haven't voted. Just think about that letter that Wentworth wrote. How could you resist a man that would write something like that? So go vote!

    Quote Originally Posted by Niamh View Post
    I've read them all, including lady susan, the incompletes of the watsons and sandition and a collection of stories under the title catherine and other stories. Persuasion is the one i've read the most.
    Ditto.
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  13. 03-22-2009, 10:40 AM #43
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    Quote Originally Posted by GX4146 View Post
    read all six at least four times ;P

    i can't believe it. ten votes for wentworth.
    Do you mean he deserves more? Or less?

    Darcy is winning! I'm not the faithful kind - sorry Wentworth but - go Darcy! LOL.
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  14. 03-22-2009, 03:00 PM #44
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    Quote Originally Posted by optimisticnad View Post
    Do you mean he deserves more? Or less?
    I was trying to figure that out.

    Darcy is winning! I'm not the faithful kind - sorry Wentworth but - go Darcy! LOL.
    Yeah, well, Wentworth is closer. I see that he is only one vote behind now.
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    wentworth is the best!
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