Jane Austen's 10-pound bank note, not without irony, is revealed
Jane Austen's 10-pound bank note, not without irony, is revealed
Those NT members who are knowledgeable of English Literature, and those who enjoy Jane Austen's novels would find this article interesting. A challenge to come up with an appropriate quotation for the new English bank note is provided as a comment.
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Some people might consider this to be a very important quesition: "Has Trump ever read Pride and Prejudice?"
(as if it had anything whatsoever to do with his performance as POTUS)
I am speaking here for those who have interests beyond supporting or despising Trump and apologizing to those who don't for actually posting this article, i.e. taking up VALUABLE space on the NT Home (Front) Page, but don't be concerned, it'll be wiped off within hours by NT's most favourite topic.
Buzz, my impression has been that Newstalkers is not a depository of high culture, and my suspicion is that few if any of the regular posters could quote Jane Austen without googling some.
I don't think it has anything to do with Trump , the topic is a little off the beaten path for most general discussion forums imo.
You know what, John. I think you're probably right. What you've just indicated is that with the diversity of topics that I post, whether it be numerous photo-essays, articles on classic movies, Canada, Israel, Literature, North American natives, cats, dogs, etc. probably indicates that actually, I don't belong here.
articles on classic movies, Canada, Israel, Literature, North American natives, cats, dogs, etc.
movies , for some reason , are not much of a topic here. I have been disappointed in that too. Canada? Almost all of us here are not Canadian, so I am not sure why there would be tremendous interest in Canada. We don't have many topics about Mexico either. Israel topics get comments at times. I don't reply to a lot of them because I grew tired of being seen as anti-Israel, when I am not. Literature? Don't see that happening on NT. North American natives? There are a lot of articles on that topic and some of them get numerous comments. Cats, dogs, etc. Always a perennial favorite on Newstalkers.
My perception is that outside of politics people like to talk about themselves and will respond to topics that allow them to do that.
I guess my disappointment is due to the fact that groups have many members, yet almost all of them don't seem to show any interest in the group they have joined. Why? As for the Cnaada group, I coiuld be the only active Canadian NT member. I know there are a few others on the membership list but they are not at all active - could be dead for all I know. However, there are members of groups indicated who I know are still active members of NT. I would not be so pissed with the Home Page if the group members who have joined groups were more active in them, members who I know are alive and well on NT. If the groups were really active I would probably stay off the Home Page most of the time.
Buzz,
We have had a lot of diverse original material as of late. I do think that John is right (OMG, twice in one day, John). I think it might be the topic. I happen to love your photo essays and I always comment on them. And of course you belong here!
Buzz, my impression has been that Newstalkers is not a depository of high culture, and my suspicion is that few if any of the regular posters could quote Jane Austen without googling some.
I do not consider myself to be a person of low culture simply because I have not read any Jane Austin. I would like to think there is more to being considered cultured then that.
Of course. You might have read Shakespeare instead.
No, not Shakespeare either. I tended toward more adventurous novelists, such as Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells, C.S. Forester, Daniel Defoe, etc.
Had you not in your years in high school (at least) ever been taught anything by Shakespeare in your English classes? Perhaps then you attended a staged Shakespeare play, or at least seen a movie of a Shakespeare play, did you not? (Hamlet, with Laurence Olivier, or Romeo and Juliet?) I guess I had more opportunity since I majored in English Literature, and lived within a couple hours drive of Stratford, Ontario, where a Shakespeare theatre festival was put on every summer, which I often attended. What I will never forget was going to the theatre in Toronto to see Richard Burton play Hamlet - no, it's not his acting I will never forget, it was sitting two rows directly behind Elizabeth Taylor, who when at the end of Act 1, with the lights having been turned on in the house, she turned around and looked in my direction with those unbelievable violet eyes.....(After all, I fell in love with her when I was 15 or 16 having gone to watch the movie "A Place in the Sun" and had considered her to be the most beautiful woman in the world).
I dropped out of High School after 10th grade to join the Air Force. Never saw a Shakespeare play or movie, except the Taming of the Shrew with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Never felt the need or desire. I still don't feel any less high cultured.
Did you not read Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells, C.S. Forester or Daniel Defoe?
Come to think of it I did see The Taming of the Shrew live one time at the University of North Dakota.
"Come to think of it I did see The Taming of the Shrew live one time at the University of North Dakota."
Okay, there you go......Welcome to the club.
Well, I was glad to go, but the truth is I was spending a great deal of time with one of the University paper's photographers (a very attractive young lady with whom I shared many...interests) and I got in free as her assistant. My job was to change film and make sure at least one of her three cameras was ready to go when she asked for it. It was great and we went to a lot of events together for free. That's how I was able to attend a lecture by Truman Capote and meet him afterwards. Also several concerts like BTO, Arlo Guthrie and The Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band. Still there was not a lot of photography going on, so mostly we just had back stage views of the show. I wanted to see it because I had seen the Burton/Taylor film and thought it was hilarious. I enjoyed it immensely.
Still you didn't answer my question about Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells, C.S. Forester or Daniel Defoe, etc.
I was deeply involved with Folk Music in the 1960s and early 1970s. The owner of the coffee house where Arlo Guthrie performed brought him to my home along with a few others late one night and during the "party" at my home Arlo and I sat on the floor and discussed copyright laws. He was upset that so many performers were singing his father's songs and his family was getting nothing from it.
"Did you not read Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells, C.S. Forester or Daniel Defoe?"
As best as I can remember:
H.G.Wells:
The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Shape of Things to Come.
Robert Louis Stevenson:
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Swiss Family Robinson.
C.S.Forester:
The African Queen, The Good Shepherd, Sink the Bismark, Captain Horatio Hornblower
Daniel Defoe:
Robinson Crusoe
Any Hemingway, Randy?
For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms. Oh and The Old Man and the Sea.
Amazingly, there isn't a Chinese student that I have taught who has not read The Old Man and the Sea.
Yet there probably isn't one American student in a million that has read the beloved Chinese classic "Journey to the West".
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque....This should be a ''must read'' for every student/adult/politician and those that stay home waving the flag sending others to see what war is really like.
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque....This should be a ''must read'' for every student/adult/politician and those that stay home waving the flag sending others to see what war is really like.
The Swiss Family Robinson
Small note Buzz. Swiss Family Robinson was not written by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was written by Johann Wyss, who actually was Swiss.
Shakespeare is considered highbrow in our era. When he was alive and writing and acting his plays were considered entertainment for the masses. Today Adam Sandler or Melissa McCarthy is entertainment for the masses. I think we have slipped a tad.
I was watching a BBC Sunday morning talk show , which for some reason popped up in my You Tube suggestion list , and one of the the things discussed was what the selection of Jane Austen to be featured on the 10 pound UK banknote meant for British feminism. The viewpoints seemed very similar to what we would see here in the US.
In fact what HAS been seen in the USA. I thought that recently there was a decision to put a woman's picture on an American bank note. Has that happened yet?
one of the the things discussed was what the selection of Jane Austen to be featured on the 10 pound UK banknote meant for British feminism.
Guys,
I'm not at all sure that the question of feminism would matter at all in the case of putting Jane Austen on a British banknote. If you look closely, you will see that there is, and has been since 1952, another woman's picture on all British currency. That probably deals with questions of feminism in Great Britain.
Hah! So right you are, Ttga.
What DOES puzzle me here, is that since it has been the choice of all but one to post their comments on this Front Page sub-article (and I admit that I indicated that you could do that if you wished), I'm not sure that you had bothered to read the original article itself, which was posted on the Books group site.
I think someone got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
Admittedly, I have focused on Jane Austen a fair amount. For example, I have posted a few articles about her or her works on the Books group:
and a couple on the Classic Cinema group: