Persuasions #11, 1989                                                                                                                                                                 Page 20

  Persuasions Competition 1990

 

Here is a light-hearted competition for JASNA members only.  Take the following characters and have them utter something that they would never, never have said.  Examples, from Vancouver, where the game was originally played:  MR. WOODHOUSE: “Eat up, everyone!” (Ruth Piddington); ANNE ELLIOT: “Ships are but boards, sailors but men.” – Shakespeare (Mary Anderson); MISS BATES:  “My lips are sealed!” (Jean Brown). 

Make your entries inventive and amusing, the best set will be printed in Persuasions No. 12. 

MR. COLLINS, MRS. NORRIS, MRS. JENNINGS, LUCY STEELE, HENRY TILNEY, JOHN THORPE. 

RULES: Submit your entry under a pseudonym.  Attach to your entry an envelope with your pen name on the OUTSIDE, real name and address INSIDE the envelope.  Post by August 1, 1990, to Gene Koppel, Department of English, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721.

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