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Grunger

No, I didnt know about it, but I avoid anything to do with Jane Austen anyway.

Funnily enough, a Cassie served me at Kentucky Fried Chicken last night.

ChrisE

I read that Omega-3 prolongs your life.

jigjag

What were you doing in KFC - awful place. What was she like?

Jigjag, you've made me very. very happy - I always enjoy hearing of others who avoid anything to do with Jane Austen!

Malone

Nice to hear from you - yes I find it very hard going - we had to study P & P at school and I have loathed it since. I was once presented with free tickets for an outdoor performance in a country house. It was done brilliantly with just 3 actors and 2 actresses. The girls did an act during the interval, and I was surprised that it was rather crude, and out of kilter with the setting.

Grunger

She was young and very pleasant, so a different Cassie!

jigjag

You mean they stripped? Didnt you enjoy it?

Grunger

No, it was a bit too chilly for that. It was stand-up comedy, but I am afraid that women are no good at it.

Jigjag, your JA event sounded awful. I thought you might like this, the opening few lines of a TV review, from this week's Spectator.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that lazy journalists begin every piece about Jane Austen with the words 'It is a truth universally acknowledged...' "

Guess the book from the first three words:

It is a

It was a

It was the

It was love


So,we all know no1 already.

3 one possibility is "The tale of two cities", but I wouldn't rule out other ones!

That should be "A....", not "The...."