In Shades of Milk and Honey
In Glamour in Glass
His brown curls were tousled in the fashionable wind- swept look which so many men struggled to attain, but which came naturally to him.He swept his hands through his hair so much, knotting them in place while he thought, that it was permanently dishevelled.
Note the word wind-swept? It is one of three places I knowingly cheated with the language. That word does not get coined until 1932, but the description for the hairstyle from the period was… not particularly helpful to a modern reader.
Would you have known what I meant by the “frightened owl” hairstyle?
Yeah, I think I would have known what “Frightened owl” hairstyle meant. Visually descriptive, very graphic.
Or, how about ‘combed with an egg beater’?
I don’t know why, but I always imagined him with a beard…
How funny. Which Hollywood actor would you have cast?
Brian Blessed
In his younger days, without a beard, that’s not far off the way he looks in my head.
Haha. I was only joking. I thought of the first ridiculously bearded person that came to mind.
In reality maybe Matthew Macfayden.
Little Dorrit Matthew Macfayden. Not Three Musketeers Mathew Macfayden, despite the facial hair. He might not be broad enough though.
But not the Mr. Darcy Mathew Macfayden?
But not the Mr. Darcy Mathew Macfayden?
I suppose so, but I first saw him in Little Dorrit, which is kind of sad and beautiful in a way that P&P isn’t quite for me.
Plus I think he got to own the part of Arthur a little more than Mr. Darcy, since Colin Firth pretty much has his stamp on it.
If someone gets to do your book as a movie (hopefully as a BBC miniseries) then I hope they’d really own the performance.
I just finished Shades of Milk and Honey this afternoon and I can’t wait for Glamour in Glass. Two things of note:
1. I pictured Mr. Vincent as a brooding Hugh Jackman. 2. I appreciate that Jane is not remotely fair/pretty in the traditional sense. I think it sends a positive message about they ways we can value ourselves as women.
This is fun! I should have asked people this question much earlier.
Thank you for your kind words about Shades of Milk and Honey, particularly with regards to Jane.