Waiting for Mr. Darcy
We received a press release about the book Dating Mr. Darcy by Sarah Arthur, about which we wrote previously.
With smart tips, spiritual insights, and discussions of Jane Austen’s popular stories and movies, Sarah Arthur equips young women to look at their own Elizabeth Potential (EP), exploring why family, friends and faith matter in dating relationships. She also shares how a girl can gauge a guy’s Darcy Potential (DP) according to his relationships. The book also features a “Guide to Reflection,” including diary entries, quiz questions, quips and quotes, all of which encourage the reader to assess her own relationships.
“We long to have the strength of character and depth of self-knowledge that allow us to turn down the offers and innuendos of an undeserving culture,” shares Sarah Arthur. “If we can be like Lizzy (Jane Austen’s heroine Elizabeth Bennet), we can overcome those lurking insecurities that make us question our own judgment in all matters relational and stop chasing empty dreams.”
It sounds rather like a teen version of Jane Austen’s Guide to Dating; a bit of summer reading for young P&P fans, we think!
Incidentally, we understand perfectly why one would not measure Tilney Potential (TP) because nearly every man would come up deficient–including Mr. Snootypants Darcy. *runs and hides*
May 17th, 2005 at 3:24 pm
You better run and hide!
But now, thanks to you, I’ll never be able to look at a roll of TP without thinking of whats-his-name in the cape. Yours, etc. — D.
May 17th, 2005 at 9:32 pm
I had to look up “roll of TP” as a phrase in Google to figure out what you were talking about, Deb. I thought it was something they sold by the yard at the haberdashers, but I guess not.
May 17th, 2005 at 11:26 pm
Hardee-har-har, Deb!
Laugh as you will, madam. Da Man still reigns over the Austen heroic oeuvre.
May 18th, 2005 at 9:56 am
Shall I send you a roll, Robin? Then I think you’d agree that TP measurements must surely have to do with being soft, fluffy, limp, and tendancy to break down and completely dissolve after being tested. Quite unlike Darcy in that wet shirt!
June 16th, 2005 at 4:39 pm
For some reason, my husband the eco-nut is now into organic TP, which joins computer software among the highest-priced items in our budget. Lady Catherine de Bourgh would approve.
Shall I write a sequel? “Dating Mr. Snootypants” sounds like a winner!