These questions were written by Florianschild. Play along at thefridayfive!

1) What is the oldest thing you own?
Either my grandparents' dresser, which I still use (age unknown) or my antique copies of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights from 1945.

2) What is the oldest home you've lived in?Probably the house we lived in when I was born, which my parents moved ( Read more... )

Three times in the theater, and now once at home. spally, so glad you got to see it. holbytla, you've got to see it! Oh, and somehow my excitement last night led me to put in Our Mutual Friend. No idea how that movie relates to Jane Eyre ( Read more... )

After yesterday's impromptu double Pride and Prejudice event, I realized we could have similar days with the following stories:
Sense and Sensibility
Emma
Persuasion
At this moment, a triple Jane Eyre-a-thon, but potentially we could watch five different versions.

Yes, I can see your looks of either gasping disbelief or utter admiration. :D

-Going to watch The Tenant of Wildfell Hall after this post. Well, after I find some dinner more substantial than an iced latte. Toby Stephens and Tara Fitzgerald are in it. I hope I can separate Tara from her role as Aunt Reed. ETA: Pam Ferris, aka Mrs. Poole, is in it too.

-Going to see Jane Eyre again tomorrow with Susan, and possibly ( Read more... )

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Yeah, I liked it. I liked it a lot. Read about...14 chapters today. Couldn't stop till I'd finished it. Sigh.

Ok, off to bed now.

Agnes Grey: not bad, a bit hard to read at times. As a teacher it made me laugh, since governesses felt the same pains 150 years ago as I do now.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: FABULOUS! Seriously, I'm loving it. Reading it online since I couldn't find it at the stores. Only downside to this is I can't read in bed.

Going to see Jane Eyre again ( Read more... )

Ms. Bronte,

I'm sorry I doubted you. Plodding through my copy of Villette, which did not translate any of the French you included, I kept waiting and waiting for that turning point. I knew the ending would be satisfying at minimum, but you kept me in suspense so long I totally didn't see THAT ending coming. Better ending than Jane Eyre? No, ( Read more... )

Maybe some movie quotes, too. Various parts bolded by me ( Read more... )

This is me ( Read more... )