Found this gem at the library the other day (needless to say, I did not add it to my "must read" list):


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Bunches of frabjous things to relate:

1) BBC is remaking Jane Austen's Persusaion for 2007. See a few brief glimpses here at YouTube. Captain Wentworth looks absolutely scrumptious and since this is on the top of my fave Austen novels, I hope they do this one justice.

2) May I present, the AustenBlog? As they say on the website, AustenBlog is a ( Read more... )

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After many trials, I finally saw Keira Knightley's version of Pride and Prejudice.

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"Lost Souls" - Christian perspective on Lost. Interesting article about forgiveness and redemption in Lost.

In other article recs... kalquessa quoted this one and I am immensely glad I read it:

Colin was Action Figure Darcy. He fences! He swims! He bathes! Naked! He gives and fixes and scowls and rides his horse and just in general Firths all over the ( Read more... )

I've been reading Jane Austen's letters for my undergrad project (my project mentor wants me to compare and contrast my writing methods with my favorite authors), and it's astonishing how horrible the modern day person is at letter writing. The pitiful sentence or two I manage in e-mails would send Miss Austen into transports of horror, I have no ( Read more... )

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Columbia Pictures is brushing up on its Jane Austen with Becoming Jane, a biographical feature about the British author ( Read more... )

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I've been taking aerobics for about 3 weeks now but I'm too scared to weigh myself and see if it has actually done any good so far ( Read more... )