tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post1625580671042907869..comments2024-01-29T03:20:32.291-05:00Comments on ...... SHARP ELVES SOCIETY ...... Jane Austen's Shadow Stories: Being Mister…Brandon : How Marianne’s calling him “Mr.Brandon” leads us through the looking glass into the shadow story of Sense & Sensibility Arnie Perlsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post-72396031530414456192014-08-30T16:11:27.990-04:002014-08-30T16:11:27.990-04:00Thanks, Diane! I will be interested to hear what e...Thanks, Diane! I will be interested to hear what else you see there.<br /><br />Yes, it would be very interesting if that was actually "the plan", but then, due to some change in circumstances, or the interference backstage of someone (like Lucy?), things changed. <br /><br />I do believe Marianne knows bad stuff about Brandon that Elinor does not know about. That's why Marianne is so cold and hostile to Brandon.Arnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post-91973253742848018912014-08-30T15:50:45.259-04:002014-08-30T15:50:45.259-04:00Very interesting post. I will go back to Chapter 2...Very interesting post. I will go back to Chapter 20 and reread it. It would be interesting if, unbeknownst to Elinor, Brandon was in love with her. Does he not propose to Marianne, as I remember it, after Elinor gets engaged to Edward?<br /><br />Why do you think Marianne doesn't wish to address Brandon as Colonel?Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396312339372162866noreply@blogger.com