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What Makes a Marriage Merry (with Teddy Green / Patricia Routledge / Marc Jordan / Vincent Price / Beth Howland / Joy Nichols, Beth Howland, Joy Nichols, Marc Jordan, Patricia Routledge, Teddy Green, Vincent Price) by Beth / Brenda / Charles / Forbes / Green / Howland / Patricia / Peter / Price / Routledge / Teddy
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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) in Movies
Jan 30, 2018
The movie is a suspenseful thriller that keeps you into the plot and story line at every moment.
Clinica Alemana
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Welcome to Clinica Alemana, Chile's main private hospital. This application provides you with...
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
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Following the massive success of "Pride Prejudice and Zombies", and the impressive pre-pub sales of...
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen
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Goddess in the Stacks (553 KP) rated Unmarriageable: A Novel in Books
May 7, 2019
Anyway. Austen. I've read a bunch of retellings but believe it or not, I haven't read the original. I really need to get on that, but instead, I read Unmarriageable, which is Pride and Prejudice set in modern-day Pakistan! It's SO GOOD. The themes of family honor, class structure, and rumors damaging reputations translates incredibly easily into Pakistani society, which is why Soniah Kamal wrote it. In her Afterword, she writes:
"Was there any worry more Pakistani than the concern about what might bring a family honor or dishonor? .... Was there anything more Pakistani than [Charlotte's] calculated, 'arranged' marriage? ... Was there anything more apropos to Pakistan than class issues, snootiness, and double standards?"
She goes on to say she was already reading the book as if it was set in Pakistan, so why not write it that way for other Pakistanis? Kamal explains that Pakistan is very much a mix of Pakistan and English culture, and that the emphasis on learning English and English culture comes at the expense of their own indigenous culture, something forced upon them by colonizers. Unmarriageable is her way of melding the two cultures.
I really enjoyed this version of the classic, and it has me even more interested in other versions, such as Ibi Zoboi's Pride and Sonali Dev's Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors. Book Riot actually ran a short list recently on diverse Austen retellings, and I've added every one of them to my To-Read list!
You can find all my reviews (and links to the things mentioned above) on my blog, http://goddessinthestacks.com
Seth (Highland Gargoyles #4)
8.0
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Seth, wolf shifter and beta of his island's pack, had his life planned out. He'd mate with the...
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