It's been a few years since I last read P & P but I remember Col. Fitzwilliam to be much more pleasant and to have had an easier manner than Mr. Darcy. In this he's short temoered
shareSorry - short tempered and even nasty. Is my memory as bad as my inability to properly type?
shareAnd another mistake! Maybe I shouldn't comment at all after midnight at the end of a trying week! Please forgive.
shareThe personality transplant they gave the Colonel is one of the many things wrong with this book/adaptation.
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Is it just me or did the actor playing look very much like David Tennant??
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Yes, Col Fitzwilliam was indeed more pleasant than this character. His manners and conduct were so much better.
Austen’s Col F is not supposed to be handsome.
Austen’s Col F is not supposed to be rich.
However, Austen’s Col F is supposed to be pleasant, amiable, and have a pleasing manner.