tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post116394719451366426..comments2024-03-28T12:00:29.857+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: Captain Wentworth's DiaryLouise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1164405827310914892006-11-24T22:03:00.000+00:002006-11-24T22:03:00.000+00:00Oh, I can't wait for this book! I loved Darcy's Di...Oh, I can't wait for this book! I loved Darcy's Diary and Mr Knightley's Diary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1164284556523328722006-11-23T12:22:00.000+00:002006-11-23T12:22:00.000+00:00I've never thought of him as a rotter, although I'...I've never thought of him as a rotter, although I've always wondered why he didn't come back for Anne when he made his fortune - or, at least, part of his fortune.<BR/><BR/>But looking at it from his point of view, his reasons were obvious. She'd accepted his hand, then changed her mind. He was feeling hurt and rejected.<BR/><BR/>I think it would take a lot of courage for a man to ask a woman to marry him twice. I think he would be afraid that she would reject him again, particularly as he was probably not ashore for very long.<BR/><BR/>When he meets her again in 1814, they're together a lot, but Anne avoids him. From Persuasion, we know it's because she still loves him. But I think his inference is that she has no interest in him any more . . . until he finds out that she rejected Charles Musgrove, and can't help asking himself, 'Was this for me?'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1164103536112700242006-11-21T10:05:00.000+00:002006-11-21T10:05:00.000+00:00I should like to read this - he comes over as a ro...I should like to read this - he comes over as a rotter in austen's book. Can you save him from himself? AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com