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 [...]
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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 »
“Would You Care for Weak Tea or Strong Tea?” How the Dowager Countess of Grantham Served Tea to Her Guests
Posted in 18th Century England, 19th Century England, Edwardian Life, Film adaptation, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, PBS Movie Adaptation, tagged British customs, Downton Abbey, Drinking tea, Edwardian era, Elizabeth McGovern, Emma 1996, History of tea, Kate Beckinsale, Maggie Smith, Masterpiece Classic, PBS Masterpiece Classic, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Pepys on January 21, 2011 | 35 Comments »
Tea is always served by the host/hostess or a friend, never by servants. Tea is never poured out, then passed several cups at a time, the way coffee may be, because it cools very quickly. Instead, it is always taken by the guest directly from the hands of the pourer.” – Etiquette Scholar The ceremony [...]
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, 1996: Bucolic Scenes & the Industrial Revolution
Posted in jane austen, Masterpiece Classic, PBS Movie Adaptation, Working class, tagged 18th c. agricultural practices, Emma, Emma Woodhouse, harvesting grain, Industrial Revolution, Kate Beckinsale on September 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Emma 1996 with Kate Beckinsale featured agricultural scenes and a Harvest Ball
In Jane Austen’s Own Words: Emma
Posted in Emma, jane austen, Movie review, tagged Andrew Davies, Emma 1996, Emma Movie Review, In Jane Austen's Own Words, Jane Austen Movie Adaptations, Jane Austen Movies, Kate Beckinsale, Mark Strong on May 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It is ironic that a novel filled with clues similar to those found in a good mystery tale can spin off a film whose clues stand out like a red cape in front of a bull. Jane Austen deftly sprinkled hints about Jane Fairfax’s relationship with Frank Churchill throughout Emma. One has to read the [...]
Seen over the Ether: Emma and Sense & Sensibility
Posted in jane austen, tagged Ellen Moody, Emma, Emma 1997, Emma Adaptations, Emma Woodhouse, Film review, Jane Austen Adaptations, Kate Beckinsale, Mark Strong, Masterpiece Classic, Mr. Knightley, Seen over the ether, Sense & Sensibility 2008 on March 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
PBS Masterpiece Classic resumed The Complete Jane Austen last Sunday with the rebroadcast of the 1997 adaptation of Emma. My favorable review of the film sits in the post below. Ellen Moody expressed different thoughts about Mr. Knightley in her blog, Ellen and Jim Have a Blog, Too. Click here to read why she thinks [...]
Emma: Jane Austen’s Endearing Busy Body, A Review
Posted in jane austen, Movie review, tagged Emma, Emma 1997, Emma Adaptations, Emma Movie Review, Emma Woodhouse, Film review, Harriet Smith, Jane Austen Adaptations, Kate Beckinsale, Laycock, Mark Strong, Masterpiece Classic, Mr. Knightley, Mr. Woodhouse, PBS Jane Austen, PBS Movie Adaptation, PBS Remotely Connected, Samantha Morton on March 23, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Is Sunday night’s broadcast of the 1997 A&E version of Emma on Masterpiece Classic worth watching? Absolutely! Even those who liked Gwyneth Paltrow’s elegant interpretation of 20 year-old Miss Woodhouse as much as I did, will find Kate Beckinsale’s bossy Emma satisfying in a more down-to-earth way. When Kate made this film she had just [...]
Emma: Picnicking on Box Hill
Posted in Emma, jane austen, Regency World, Servants, tagged Box Hill, Emma, Emma 1996, Emma Adaptations, Emma Woodhouse, Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen Blog, Kate Beckinsale, Mark Strong, Masterpiece Classic, Miss Bates, PBS show, Picnic, Picnic at Box Hill, Regency World on March 21, 2008 | 10 Comments »
They had a very fine day for Box Hill … Nothing was wanting but to be happy when they got there. Seven miles were travelled in expectation of enjoyment, and every body had a burst of admiration on first arriving…Jane Austen, Emma One of the most famous scenes in Emma is the picnic scene on [...]
Seen over the Ether: Emma
Posted in jane austen, Mark Strong, tagged Emma, Emma Adaptations, Jane Austen Adapatations, jane austen blogs, Jane Austen Movies, Kate Beckinsale, Masterpiece Classic, PBS Jane Austen on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our blogs are gearing up in anticipation of PBS’s airing of Emma two weeks from now. Laurel Ann wrote a wonderful post on Austenprose about Jane Austen, Stella Gibbons, and Kate Beckinsale . Kate fans know that one of her major movie roles early in her career was as Flora Poste in Cold Comfort Farm. [...]
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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.
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