Once again PBS will host a Twitter Party during the second installment of Emma 2009. Come join me and Laurel Ann from Austenprose for a chat from 9-11 PM EST. PBS has also arranged for a Twitter Fest for those who live on the west coast. That Twitter Chat will begin at 9 PM PT [...]
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Posted in Film review, Popular culture, Jane Austen Novels, Film adaptation, jane austen, Movie review, Masterpiece Classic, Jane Austen's World, tagged PBS Movie Adaptation, PBS Masterpiece Classic, Emma 2009, Romola Garai, Twitter Party on January 31, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart, by Beth Pattillo: A Review
Posted in Austenesque novels, Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Popular culture, tagged Beth Pattillo, Jane Austen Ruined My Life, Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart on January 29, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart by Beth Pattillo contains the same successful ingredients as her first book, Jane Austen Ruined My Life. A young woman, Claire Peterson, leaves a man (her boyfriend) and family behind in the U.S. and travels to Oxford to join a Jane Austen study group. She arrives at the last minute [...]
Recycled Fashions in Emma 2009
Posted in Emma, Fashions, jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen's World, Mansfield Park, Movie review, PBS Movie Adaptation, Popular culture, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, Sense and Sensibility, tagged Emma 2009, Jonny Lee Miller, Louise Dylan, Miss Bates, PBS Masterpiece Classic, PBS Movie Adaptation, Regency Fashion, Regency movie gowns, Romola Garai, Tamsin Greig on January 28, 2010 | 12 Comments »
IMDb has become an indispensable site for those of us who love movies. I especially love the trivia the site features about each film. Take Emma 2009, for example. Costumes that were recycled from other films are listed there. Let’s look at a few: The purple coat Jodhi May (Mrs. Weston) wears on market day [...]
In Jane Austen’s Words: Highbury Society and Emma Woodhouse’s Place In It
Posted in Emma, Film adaptation, jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen's World, Masterpiece Classic, Movie review, PBS Movie Adaptation, Popular culture, Regency Customs, Regency society, tagged Blake Ritson, Emma 2009, Gwynneth Paltrow, In Jane Austen's Own Words, Jonny Lee Miller, Kate Beckinsale, Regency class distinction, Regency society, Romola Garai on January 26, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Miss Emma Woodhouse was a bright, articulate, privileged and beautiful young lady who possessed an unswerving sense of her lofty position in Highbury society. To some, Gwynneth Paltrow, an equally privileged woman in real life, was perfect for the role. For me, Kate Beckinsale (A&E Emma) and Alicia Silverstone (Clueless) are unbeatable as Jane Austen’s [...]
Emma 2010 on PBS Masterpiece Classic: A Review
Posted in Film review, Popular culture, Regency style, Jane Austen Novels, Film adaptation, jane austen, Movie review, Regency World, PBS Movie Adaptation, Emma, Jane Austen's World, tagged Emma, PBS Masterpiece Classic, Emma 2009, Romola Garai, Jonny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon, Johdi May on January 24, 2010 | 36 Comments »
PBS Masterpiece Classic offer a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. Starring Romola Garai and Jonny Lee Miller.
Emma Twitter Party With PBS and Jane Austen enthusiasts
Posted in Emma, jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen's World, Movie review, PBS Movie Adaptation, Popular culture, Regency World, tagged Emma 2009, Emma PBS Masterpiece Classic, Emma Twitter Party, Romola Garai on January 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Update: My review of Emma Oh, how droll! An Emma Twitter Party. What! You have no Twitter account? It’s not too late to form one and join me, PBS, and a host of other Austen lovers during the Twitfest on Sunday, January 24, from 9-11 PM EST. PBS has kindly asked me (and other Jane [...]
Astley’s Amphitheatre
Posted in Emma, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Astley's Amphitheatre, Circus, Philip Astley, Trick Riders on January 17, 2010 | 8 Comments »
In Chapter 54 of Emma, Mr. Knightley explains how Robert Martin became engaged to Harriet Smith. In his talk with Emma, Mr. Knightley mentions Astley’s, the wildly successful amphitheatre in London: “It is a very simple story. [Robert Martin] went to town on business three days ago, and I got him to take charge of some [...]
How Helen Jerome’s ‘Pride and Prejudice: A Sentimental Comedy in Three Acts’ Ties in With Anna Massey, Mrs. Norris of Mansfield Park
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, Pride and Prejudice, Regency World, tagged Adrienne Allen, Anna Massey, Celia Johnson, Elizabeth Bennet, Helen Jerome, Jane Austen Plays, Pride and Prejudice Play, Raymond Massey on January 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The 1935 production of Pride and Prejudice: A Sentimental Comedy Written in Three Acts, written by Helen Jerome and played on Broadway, featured Adrienne Allen, an English actress, as Elizabeth Bennet. Miss Allen, a slender blonde, had been successful in London and Broadway stage productions, such as Private Lives with Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence, when [...]
Review: Thoughts about ‘Return to Cranford’, or I’m just mad about Miss Matty
Posted in jane austen, Movie review, Regency World, Regency Life, Victorian Era, tagged PBS Movie Adaptation, Elizabeth Gaskell, PBS Masterpiece Classic, Return to Cranford on January 12, 2010 | 13 Comments »
I await each January with joy, knowing that PBS Masterpiece Classic will return. Two years ago PBS concentrated on Jane Austen; last year, two Jane Austen film adaptations were featured; and this year we get to see not only the new adaptation of Emma, but reruns of Persuasion and Northanger Abbey as well. Viewers are [...]
Return to Cranford: A Delight
Posted in jane austen, Movie review, tagged PBS Movie Adaptation, PBS Masterpiece Classic, Return to Cranford on January 11, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Ah, our old friends from Cranford have returned, with a few new faces among them. The first episode of Return to Cranford provided some humor, much pathos and sadness, and new beginnings. (My review sits here.) What did you think of this episode? Leave a comment or vote on Jane Austen Today. Missed the episode? [...]
Historical Puzzle: Who is this unidentified man? And is he a barrister or a physician?
Posted in Jane Austen's World, Regency World, tagged Charles Macintosh, Genealogy, Historic Puzzle, John Forrest, John Graham Rodger on January 7, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Loyal Readers: How good are you at solving historical puzzles? Mr. Forrest sent me this query and I told him I would write a post about this interesting riddle that he would like to solve. This is what he wrote (Thank you all in advance for helping!): My uncle has a portrait (attached) which has [...]
Jane Austen’s Ipod Plays Her Music
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged Jane Austen and Ipod, Jane Austen's music on January 4, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Listen to the music that Jane Austen liked in this 30-minute podcast
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- Five Regency tea cups: The book is not perfect (few books are), but it was well worth its purchase and possesses many outstanding qualities that makes it stand head and shoulders above its counterparts.
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