*** Jean Georges Ferry (1851-1926), "Dwie kobiety czytające we wnętrzu". Olej na płótnie. ***
Ten obraz przywiódł mi na myśl siostry pana Bingleya. Jest to skojarzenie całkiem nieuprawnione, bo artysta francuski, a obraz jest dosyć zagadkowy. Dwie panie, raczej znudzone, w sukienkach (ale nie butach) z okresu empire, czytają w salonie, którego wystrój też chyba pochodzi z epoki późniejszej. Ale to nic, dla mnie to panna Bingley i pani Hurst, choć wiem, że one książek nie lubiły...
Miss Bingley's attention was quite as much engaged in watching Mr. Darcy's progress through his book, as in reading her own; and she was perpetually either making some inquiry, or looking at his page. She could not win him, however, to any conversation; he merely answered her question, and read on. At length, quite exhausted by the attempt to be amused with her own book, which she had only chosen because it was the second volume of his, she gave a great yawn and said, "How pleasant it is to spend an evening in this way! I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."
- Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice" (przepraszam, nie mam pod ręką polskiego przekładu).
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