I’ve been reading Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South about the daughter of a middle-class parson, Margaret Hale and John Thornton, a rich mill owner. Let’s just say that they see eye to eye from the start. Pride and Prejudice anyone?
Anyway, what I wanted to say about this book isn’t really about the book itself but that I found the BBC adaptation of it on Youtube. When a book is adapted then it either turns out great or horrendous, but I have to admit that this one turned out pretty awesome. The actors are terrific, in particular Richard Armitage and the storyline is pretty much the same as in the book.
The clip above is when Thornton (Richard Armitage) pays a visit to his lady love and he proposes and gets rejected…HARD! The goodies start at the 1:40 mark. But trust me, if someone proposed to me in the exact same way as Thornton did then I would grab hold of him and never let go of him.
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Well, this BBC adaptation deserves to be seen! I bought the original DVD and re-watched it several times. Richard is extraordinarily good as Thornton. I’m fond of this scene. I prefer the extended version I’ve got in the DVD. It has finally been cut.
There’s plenty about Richard Armitage on my blog: he is “my one weakness”!
It truly does! This has been one of my favourite BBC adaptations and it doesn’t hurt that Richard Armitage has been part of it.
One of my fav adaptations too and one that I can re-watch over and over again.
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