Mr Darcy
MGM film, 1940, starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson.
‘The dress would be fine, Larry, if it didn’t look like one of those decorative covers for the spare loo roll.‘
Fitzwilliam Darcy, a surprisingly soft and intoxicating champagne-filled centre, smothered in luxurious dark chocolate, intense and wonderfully satisfying. Warning: even more potent when dipped in water à la Colin Firth.
Mr Darcy was unavailable for comment, but close relative Lady Catherine de Bourgh gave the following exclusive interview to our reporter, before batting him on the head with her umbrella: ‘So my nephew’s a chocolate now, is he! Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted?’
JA’s modern version of Pride and Prejudice is in progress. Well, actually, it’s not. There just aren’t enough hours in the day - and anyway I’ve got to get Persuasion ready first!
