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Wet Shirt Mr Darcy Immortalized

This is probably the most obscure title I have to type. And I haven’t even gotten to the pictures.

Any fan of the Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice would probably have a working knowledge of the wet shirt scene, a.k.a. sexy Mr Darcy scene, a.k.a. sexy lake scene. Although in the book in its consistent theme of strict prudence when it came to the man who owned half of Derbyshire, this scene never happened, the BBC mini series adaptation thought it fit to install a few minutes wherein the dapper Colin Firth falls off his horse into his own lake, just when Elizabeth Bennet was taking a walk. Continue Reading