Inquiring readers: Once again, Tony Grant, who lives in London, has written his unique insights about historical events in that great city. This week he concentrates on John Murray, the publisher of four of Jane Austen’s six completed novels. Tony’s contributions to this blog are unique in that he includes his photographs of modern London [...]
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John Murray, Bookseller and Publisher of Jane Austen Novels
Posted in 19th Century England, Emma, jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen's life, Jane Austen's World, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Regency Life, Regency London, Regency Period, tagged Albemarle Street London, Charles Darwin, Great Exhibition, John Murray, John Murray publisher, Origin of the Species, Prince Albert on March 21, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Cold Comfort Farm, Flora Poste, Jane Austen and Persuasion
Posted in Emma, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Persuasion, tagged Cold Comfort Farm, Flora Post, Jane Austen film adaptation, Kate Beckinsale on December 19, 2011 | 18 Comments »
Gentle readers, Recently I had the pleasure of watching Cold Comfort Farm, a film adaptation of the comic 1932 novel by Stella Gibbons. In 1995, Kate Beckinsale played the delightful Flora Poste, the girl who likes to organize things and tidy up. Kate also portrayed Emma Woodhouse at this time, before she turned Hollywood glam [...]
Persuasion, an Annotated Edition edited by Robert Morrison: A Review
Posted in 19th Century England, Austenesque novels, Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen's World, Persuasion, Regency World, tagged Persuasion An Annotated Edition, Robert Morrison on October 18, 2011 | 20 Comments »
Persuasion, an Annotated Edition, edited by Robert Morrison is published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 978-0-674-04974-1. 360 pp. 102 color ills. This is a review.
The Jane Austen Character I Most Identify With
Posted in Emma, jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen's enduring popularity, Jane Austen's World, Persuasion, Popular culture, Sense and Sensibility, tagged Harriet Smith, Jane Austen characters, Lady Russell, Mrs. Jennings, Sir John Middleton on April 14, 2011 | 31 Comments »
Gentle Readers, Laurel Anne from Austenprose and I were chatting the other day about this, that, and the other, for we are both a bit Jane Austen nutty (if you haven’t noticed.) As you continue reading, you will need to know only one thing: we are just a wee bit longer in the tooth than [...]
Card Racks: Regency Style
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Persuasion, Regency Customs, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged card racks, National Trust, Regency handiwork on March 28, 2011 | 5 Comments »
About two weeks ago, The National Trust asked a question about card racks: How were they used? The organization had acquired a number of beautiful examples of 1820′s card racks from Attingham, an estate in Shropshire. Laurel Ann from Austenprose referred me to the site and to Emile de Bruijn, who had asked the question. [...]
The Jane Austen Signs of Middle Age
Posted in Emma, jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Popular culture, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, tagged Pride and Prejudice 2005 on September 2, 2010 | 24 Comments »
Jane Austen fans tend to read her books repeatedly throughout their lives. In an article in the Guardian UK, Charlotte Higgins describes how her identity with a Jane Austen character changes with age. Here are some of her thoughts: If you read Jane Austen more or less annually, as I have done since my late teens, [...]
Regency Interiors in the 1995 Adaptation of Persuasion: Inspired by Antiquity and Sir Thomas Hope
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Persuasion, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Jane Austen Movies, Regency Interiors, Sir Thomas Hope, Victoria and Albert Museum on July 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Thomas Hope (1769–1831), the style icon of the Regency interior, would have been happy with these images of Sir Walter Elliot’s interior of Camden Place in Persuasion 1995. Thomas Hope was known for the “decorative details and ornament based on influences from his nearly ten-year Grand Tour, as well as from motifs from ancient Greece [...]
Admiral Croft in His Gig: Jane Austen’s Persuasion
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen's World, Persuasion, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency style, Regency Transportation, Regency Travel, Regency World, tagged Admiral and Mrs. Croft, Anne Elliot, Captain Wentworth, the Musgroves, Uppercross, Winthrop on July 20, 2010 | 8 Comments »
In Persuasion, Jane Austen depicts the Crofts as the happiest couple imaginable. Sophy, who is also Captain Wentworth’s sister, follows her Admiral across the seas, sacrificing her looks in the process. She is only 38 years old, but her complexion is ruddy and has obviously been affected by the sun. Jane Austen writes about the [...]
Persuasion 2007: Encore Presentation on Masterpiece Classic
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Movie review, PBS Movie Adaptation, Persuasion, Popular culture, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged PBS Masterpiece Classic, Persuasion 2007, Rupert Penry Jones, Sally Hawkins on February 21, 2010 | 6 Comments »
PBS Masterpiece Classic will show an encore presentation of Persuasion 2007 tonight. If you missed this 90-minute film the first time, you will have a chance to see it at 9 PM EST. (Check your local listing). Vic’s posts about Persuasion 2007: My Review of the Film on PBS’s blog: Remotely Connected Persuasion 2007: A [...]
Persuasion: An English Project by Eric Cochrane
Posted in jane austen, Persuasion, Popular culture, tagged Eric Cochrane, Persuasion, YouTube Video of Persuasion on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK, I’ll be the first to admit that this short YouTube video of Persuasion is a bit juvenile, and the language and concept somewhat puerile. But the video IS funny in a weird sort of way. It was the result of an English project based on Jane Austen’s classic. If you want more comics, check [...]
Royal Lion Inn: A Dorset Public Inn With a Jane Austen Connection
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Persuasion, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency style, Regency Travel, Regency World, tagged Lyme Regis, Regency inns, Royal Lion Inn on September 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Dorset Public Inns With a Literary Connection showcases a number of inns with connections to John Cowper Powys, Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen, Robert Louis Stevenson, and John Fowles. Constance Hill, author of Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends, identifies the lodging in Persuasion as the Royal Lion Inn: Now the inn to which they [...]
Such a Number of Looking Glasses: Persuasion
Posted in jane austen, Persuasion, tagged Looking glasses in Persuasion on August 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Found on a Barnes and Noble discussion board were these fascinating insights by Laurie Kaplan of Goucher College about furniture and looking glasses in Persuasion. Click here to read them. Mirror: Ruby Lane Antiques
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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.
- Four Regency tea cups: This book offered many hours of pleasant reading, and I found I could not put it down.
- Three Regency tea cups: Damned with faint praise. I put the book down often, but was intrigued enough to finish it. In this instance, the movie might be better.
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