[spoilers] Richard Armitage

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(16-11-2010 12:42 AM)Snowball Wrote:  YES!!!

It's lovely, a real classic and worth every second of reading time. It takes nothing away from the BBC production, but gives a greater insight into the thoughts of the characters and their reasons for their actions. For me, it only enhanced what I'd seen on screen.

Alright, guess I'll have to pick it up then! Thanks for your input

(16-11-2010 12:56 AM)Quill Wrote:  North & South is a very intriguing novel, but if English is not your mother tongue, the author's representation of the workers speech will take some patience and quite a bit of guesswork. The ending seems a bit rushed, which probably was, since it was originally published in installments on Charles Dickens paper. I enjoyed the novel, but the BBC adaptation was better, in my opinion.

So far, I think RA's best roles were:
1. North & South
2. Spooks
3. The Impressionists
4. Vicar of Dibley
5. Sparkhouse

(Nope, I'm not a Robin Hood fan.)

Do you mean the British version of English? Because I'm afraid a good handful of...gosh, would you call them slang? - things like bandaid vs plaster - are still confusing to me. And if the setting in this novel is older...

Ironically, Sir Guy is the first role of RA's I saw. Thank you, Netflix Instant-Watch! Robin Hood was under the 'we think you'd like' category since I watched Merlin, which was under the related category of Legend of the Seeker. Which I watched because it was one of the 'New Arrivals: TV'. & so I found this amazing actor...and then North & South showed up under my recommended titles XD I became officially hooked.

Alright, trip down memory lane over...now I'm really curious to see what I'll think of the book!