“Movie Marathon from
the Library”
“Hi, I’m looking for some books… do
you have anything by Jane Austen?”
Irene asked the librarian behind the desk.
“Jane
Austen… let me see.” Karen began
to quickly peck on the keys of the computer with her long, red acrylic
nails. “Let me show you what
section they’re in. Mansfield
Park, Emma, Persuasion…”
“Northanger
Abbey,” Irene interrupted, “I haven’t read that one yet.”
“Oh,”
Karen stared at the bookshelf for a moment, “I don’t think we have that
one. Pride and Prejudice
instead?”
“Sure,”
Irene whispered as she picked up the well-worn volume, “I really liked the BBC
movie version.”
“That
was a great film – I really thought Colin Firth made a great Darcy!”
“Uh,
he’s the proud one with big sideburns, right?”
“Very
good – how many times have you seen the movie?”
“Well,
my mother is a big A&E fan so we watch it whenever they happen to have it
playing.”
“Excuse
me – would you two keep it down?”
“You’re
right Rita, we were getting a little noisy – sorry!”
“Zip
it this time!”
After
Rita had left, Karen picked up Sense and Sensibility and Emma. “By the way, have you seen the films
done after these books?”
“Can’t
say that I have, are they any good?”
“Don’t
know about this one,” Karen said as she drummed her nails on the cover of Sense
and Sensibility, “But Emma was a hoot!”
“Emma…
I think I’ll check out that one too.”
“Fantastic,
you know I think we have both of the videos too.”
“Great,”
Irene began as she searched her wallet for her library card, “I guess I’ll have
an Austen movie marathon tonight!”
Written by Courtney Denning, January 2006
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