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Withstanding Sense, or Sensibility: Review of Episode One

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Masterpiece Classic, Sense & Sensibility Movies, tagged , , , , , on 30 March 2008 | 9 Comments »

  Marianne began now to perceive that the desperation which had seized her at sixteen and a half, of ever seeing a man who could satisfy her ideas of perfection, had been rash and unjustifiable. Willoughby was all that her fancy had delineated in that unhappy hour and in every brighter period, as capable of [...]

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Sense and Sensibility 2008: Cast Preview

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Masterpiece Classic, Sense & Sensibility Movies, tagged , , , , , , on 28 March 2008 | 4 Comments »

    IMPROPRIETY “I am afraid,” replied Elinor, “that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.”   “On the contrary, nothing can be a stronger proof of it, Elinor; for if there had been any real impropriety in what I did, I should have been sensible of it at the time, [...]

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Jane Austen Illustrators: The Republic of Pemberley

Posted in Jane Austen Illustrators, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, tagged , , , on 26 March 2008 |

   ACCOMPLISHED “Oh! certainly,” cried his faithful assistant, “no one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with. A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something [...]

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Clueless about Jane Austen’s Emma? Investigate These Resources

Posted in Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Book Sleuth, Jane Austen's Emma, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 25 March 2008 | 1 Comment »

    INFORMED   Emma wants to see her better informed; it will be an inducement to her to read more herself. They will read together. She means it, I know.” Mrs. Weston, Emma, Chapter 5   I hope that you all enjoyed Emma, staring Kate Beckinsale, Sunday on PBS. This movie version is my favorite [...]

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Emma Review: By the Vacuous and Vulgar Mrs. Elton

Posted in Emma Movies, Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen Humor, Masterpiece Classic on 23 March 2008 | 3 Comments »

   “So extremely like Maple Grove! And it is not merely the house; the grounds, I assure you, as far as I could observe, are strikingly like. The laurels at Maple Grove are in the same profusion as here, and stand very much in the same way — just across the lawn; and I had [...]

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Emma Woodhouse; I Have a Piece of News for You!

Posted in Emma Movies, Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen's Emma, Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , , , , on 22 March 2008 | 1 Comment »

NEWS “Emma,” said Mr. Knightley presently, “I have a piece of news for you. You like news — and I heard an article in my way hither that I think will interest you.” “News! Oh! yes, I always like news. What is it? Why do you smile so? Where did you hear it? Mr. Knightly [...]

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