Does anyone know/remember offhand if the ITV version of Persuasion (that was on PBS last year) made it seem like Wentworth bought Kellynch for Anne at the end? I remember him twirling her about in front of a house but can't remember if it's supposed to be her family's house, and I don't own it to check.

Just got this via the Jane Austen Centre's newsletter.

If Jane Austen had a laptop (Boston Globe)

Their accompanying pic is priceless:


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Found this today when I went to check something at JASNA's website. Those of you who love to loathe Fanny Dashwood in S&S and in the Emma Thompson adaptation will get a kick out of it.

Fanny Dashwood's backstory
(Note: .pdf file)

Bored at work? Got about 15 minutes to spare? Consider yourself "a sincere admirer" of Jane Austen's novels?

Jeanne Kiefer, a research consultant, is conducting a survey on Austen readership, results to be presented at a breakout session during the 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) this coming ( Read more... )

Since I was on the far side of vague yesterday, I thought it'd be easier to explain my reaction in a new post.

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So .... anyone else watch Sense & Sensibility last night and wished you were Oedipus?

I know we've all seen this one a bazillion times and always love it, so here's my question:

What is it about this version that you love?

It can't just be Colin and his wet shirt (ok, maybe for some of you it is :P). Seriously though, what do you like about this version, especially the first two hours since that's what they showed tonight ( Read more... )

Dear Fellow Austenite Masterpiece Theatre Watchers,

I'm a bad, bad Austenite. Why? Because I was so caught up in the post-Super Bowl euphoria last night (wooohooo!!! yay Giants!! *said the Jets fan who despises all Boston teams*) that I forgot to tune into Miss Austen Regrets at 9. When it finally dawned on me, it was about 9.30p so I left Eli ( Read more... )

Mmmm....one day James D'Arcy will be cast as a lead in one of these period pieces. ( you know the spoilery drill )

Anyone else think the actor playing Henry Tilney looks slightly like ( spoilers ahoy!! )