So, for a bit of light relief, my nineteenth century Oscar winners are:
- Best female character: Jane Eyre
- Best male character: Lydgate in Middlemarch
- Best scene: tough one this, but I'm going for Jane Eyre's first wedding day
- Best villain: Count Fosco in The Woman in White
- Best sense of place: the mine, Le Voreux, in Germinal
- Best seduction/sex scene: Sergeant Troy's swordplay in Far From the Madding Crowd
- The book I wish I'd written: Jane Eyre
Oh love the idea! Umm, best supporting female character, Valerie Marneffe in Balzac's Cousine Bette.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read Cousine Bette. Would you recommend it?
ReplyDeleteBest scene contribution: Catherine Morland being caught sneaking into Mrs Tilney's room in Northanger Abbey. Oh, the mortification!
ReplyDeleteI liked that one too.
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