The Winsome Qualities of Greer Garson in the 1940 Pride and Prejudice

I was roughly 20-years-old when I first watched the 1940 version of Pride and Prejudice, which served a twofold purpose: beginning a life-long love affair with Laurence Olivier and launching me into a deep-rooted adoration for Greer Garson. My family gathered in the living room and I lay on a mound of blankets and pillows on the carpet, absolutely enthralled with this film. I'd never read Jane Austen until my later twenties, so I wasn't at all familiar with her stories. I guess you could say that Greer and Larry got me started down a more literary path of interest in my life!

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