Dancing With Mr. Darcy is a fabulous book. A book reviewer isn’t supposed to reveal an opinion right away, but I have many reasons for liking this compilation, which began as a short story competition in 2009 sponsored by Chawton House Library to celebrate the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s arrival in the Hampshire village of [...]
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Review: Dancing with Mr. Darcy: Stories Inspired by Jane Austen and Chawton House Library and compiled by Sarah Waters
Posted in Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen, Austenesque novels, Chawton Cottage, Chawton House, Chawton House Library, Dancing With Mr Darcy, jane austen, Sarah Waters on October 19, 2010 | 6 Comments »
In Jane Austen’s Own Words: Economic Sense and Sensibility
Posted in jane austen, Regency Life, Sense and Sensibility, tagged Cost of Living in Regency England, Economics in the Regency era, Elinor Dashwood, jane austen, Marianne Dashwood, Money in Regency, Regency economics on June 9, 2008 | 7 Comments »
In Sense and Sensibility, a conversation between Marianne and Elinor during Edward Ferrars’ visit to Barton Cottage reveals how much income Marianne considers suitable for setting up house. The Dashwoods had been reduced to living on £500 per year, or around 17,000 pounds in today’s terms. Marianne mentions a sum of £1,800 – 2,000 pounds [...]
Sense and Sensibility 2008 Makes Wonderful Sense For the Most Part
Posted in jane austen, Sense and Sensibility, tagged Andrew Davies, Charity Wakefield, David Morrissey, Dominic Cooper, Elinor Dashwood, Harry Dashwood, Hattie Morahan, jane austen, Marianne Dashwood, Masterpiece Classic, Movie review, PBS Movie Adaptation, Sense & Sensibility 2008 on March 30, 2008 | 21 Comments »
Watching the new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, I realize I have a love/hate relationship with screenwriter Andrew Davies. I love him because he wrote the scripts for several of my favorite Jane Austen film adaptations and his movies are exciting to watch. I dislike his work because he tinkers with Jane’s intent and plot. [...]
Sense & Sensibility’s Miss Morton & Marriage
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Marriage, Regency Life, Sense and Sensibility, tagged Elinor Dashwood, Fanny Dashwood, Helen Page, jane austen, John Dashwood, Miss Morton, Mrs. Ferrars, paper dolls, Regency Marriage, Sense & Sensibility 2008 on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
True or False? A single woman in possession of a good fortune has some free will in the choice of a husband. False, as far as Mrs. Ferrars and Fanny Dashwood are concerned. The woman in question is Miss Morton, the late Lord Morton’s only daughter. This young lady not only comes from a good [...]
Mrs. Darcy’s Dilemma: A Review
Posted in Book review, Ellen Moody, jane austen, Mr.Darcy, Pride and Prejudice, tagged Diana Birchall, jane austen, Jane Austen Blog, Jane Austen Book review, Jane Austen Sequel, Mrs. Darcy's Dilemma on March 18, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Mrs. Darcy’s Dilemma, which SourceBooks is now republishing for international distribution, takes place in an age of change, just as Queen Victoria is coming to the throne in 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Darcy, they of Pride and Prejudice fame, are now middle-aged. He is balding, she is an anxious mother, but they are still a [...]
Road Accidents, Regency Style
Posted in jane austen, Regency Life, Regency Travel, Regency World, tagged jane austen, Macadamised Roads, Regency Transportation, Regency Travel, Travel in Regency Times on March 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A GENTLEMAN AND A LADY travelling from Tunbridge towards that part of the Sussex coast which lies between Hastings and Eastbourne, being induced by business to quit the high road and attempt a very rough lane, were overturned in toiling up its long a scent, half rock, half sand.The accident happened just beyond the only [...]
The Jane Austen Book Club: Buy The DVD and Be Happy
Posted in jane austen, tagged Amy Brenneman, Emily Blunt, Hugh, Hugh Dancy, jane austen, Jane Austen Movies, Jimmy Smits, Kathy Baker, Maggie Grace, Maria Bello, Robin Swicord, The Jane Austen Book Club on March 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Six months. Six novels. Six members. The Jane Austen Book Club takes reading the classics to new heights of passion in this romantic comedy featuring an all-star cast. Three years ago when The Jane Austen Book Club made the best seller lists, a friend and I started a Jane Austen book club of our own. [...]
Variety Interview: Pride and Prejudice 2005
Posted in Podcasts, tagged Donald Sutherland, jane austen, Jane Austen Adaptations, jane austen blogs, Jane Austen Movies, Joe Wright, Podcasts, Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice Adapatation on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You can download a podcast of Jonathan Bing’s audio interview with Joe Wright, director of Pride and Prejudice 2005, and Donald Sutherland, who played Mr. Bennet (left). Or you can click on the link and simply listen to it from your computer. This podcast is part of the LA Variety Screening Series of 2005. As [...]
The Year of Jane Austen
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's enduring popularity, tagged jane austen, jane austen blogs, Laurie Viera Rigler on March 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today, Jane Austen is more popular than ever. Books, movie adaptations, sequels, and audio tapes are flooding the market. Her name is instantly recognizable, and her brand is HOT! Why not translate such fame into political glory? Image, Regency Fashions, The Republic of Pemberley Laurie Viera Rigler, the author of the current bestseller, The Confessions [...]
Silhouettes: Tracing Jane Austen’s Shade
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's image, Regency style, tagged jane austen, Jane Austen's image, Jane Austen's portrait, Silhouette on September 7, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Before photography, tracing silhouettes was a hugely popular and inexpensive way of capturing a person’s likeness. Even financially stretched families could afford to have a family member stand in front of a light. Their profiles were then traced onto a sheet of paper and cut with scissors. Granted, artistry was involved in the tracing and [...]
Jane Austen’s Visits to Sydney Gardens
Posted in Bath, tagged Bath, jane austen, Sydney Gardens on August 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is to be a grand gala on Tuesday evening in Sydney Gardens, a concert, with illuminations and fireworks. To the latter Elizabeth and I look forward with pleasure, and even the concert will have more than its usual charm for me, as the gardens are large enough for me to get pretty well beyond [...]
Audio Walking Tour of Jane Austen’s Bath
Posted in Bath, tagged Bath, jane austen on August 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Are you altogether pleased with Bath?” “Yes, I like it very well.” Conversation between Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland, Northanger Abbey Jane Austen’s Bath, a website created by Bath Tourism Plus, offers an audio walking tour of Bath that you can download from the site. The tour of Bath takes 1 1/2 hours. You can [...]
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