Books

I always wondered what Lizzie was reading at the start of the 2005 film of Pride and Prejudice. I finally paused the film to read the text while it was onscreen. Of course, after I read a single half-sentence, I knew it was Pride and Prejudice. However, I doubted myself. Upon closer inspection, I felt my determination had been wrong. The names were not right. Cardy… Sophie… Katherine… and the home called Eastley.

But the words were just so familiar to me. Then it hit: Cardy is simply an anagram of Darcy. The names had all been changed, but the rest was all the same. She was, indeed, reading the final pages of the book whose story this film was merely beginning. How fun(!).

Post-a-day 2025