The Masterpiece Classic 2010 season continued tonight with The 39 Steps staring British actor Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007) in the classic role of Richard Hannay, a former British intelligence officer who is unjustly suspected of murder and must unravel a German espionage plot to save himself. Here is a brief introduction from PBS. Newly returned [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Retrace ‘The 39 Steps’ on Masterpiece Classic – A Recap & Review
Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged Masterpiece Classic, Movie reviews, Movies, Rupert Penry-Jones, Spy Thriller, The 39 Steps on 28 February 2010 | 10 Comments »
Announcing ‘By the Seaside with Sanditon’ at Austenprose
Posted in Blog Events, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged Books, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Fiction, Giveaways, Group Read, Jane Austen on 25 February 2010 | 44 Comments »
You are most cordially invited to ‘By the Seaside with Sanditon’ March 15th – 21st, 2010 at Austenprose In honor of Jane Austen’s last unfinished novel Sanditon Welcome Janeites and classic literature fans. Austenprose is pleased to announce its fourth Jane Austen novel event, ‘By the Seaside with Sanditon’ beginning on March 15th through [...]
Winner Announced in the Northanger Abbey (Naxos AudioBooks) Giveaway
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Books, Catherine Morland, Fiction, Giveaways, Henry Tilney, Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Naxos AudioBooks on 24 February 2010 | 7 Comments »
It appears by your comments that Henry Tilney’s interest in muslin and charming demeanor are by far the most enjoyable aspect of Northanger Abbey! He is after all, Jane Austen’s most swoonable hero. Comments in favor of Catherine Morland were a close second, but what of one of my favs, the flippant Isabella Thorpe? The response [...]
Persuasion, by Jane Austen (Naxos AudioBooks) Review & Giveaway
Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Persuasion, Jane Austen's Works, tagged Books, Fiction, Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Persuasion, Juliet Stevenson, Naxos AudioBooks, Review on 23 February 2010 | 47 Comments »
Persuasion, Jane Austen’s last completed novel was written between 1815 and 1816, with final chapter revisions in August of that year. Published posthumously in late 1817 with her earlier work Northanger Abbey, each of the novels represents the alpha and omega of her writing career. Even though they are divergent in tone and topic, they each [...]
Persuasion (2007) Encore on Sunday
Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen's Persuasion, Jane Austen's Works, Masterpiece Classic, Persuasion Movies on 19 February 2010 | 13 Comments »
Don’t miss the encore presentation of Persuasion (2007) on Masterpiece Classic PBS Sunday, February 21st 9:00 – 10:30 PM (check your local listings). This adaptation by screenwriter Simone Burke stars Sally Hawkins as Jane Austen’s steadfast and long suffering heroine Anne Elliot and Rupert Penry-Jones as the dashing naval hero Captain Wentworth. Persuasion was Jane [...]
Jane Austen Regency World Magazine Mar/Apr 2010 preview
Posted in Jane Austen Merchandise, tagged Bath England, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Merchandise, Jane Austen Regency World Magazine on 19 February 2010 | 2 Comments »
Hot off the presses is the March/April 2010 (No 44) edition of Jane Austen’s Regency World, the ultimate Austen reading pleasure. The issue is devoted to music in Jane Austen’s time. Here are the featured articles: Franz Joseph Haydn The Austrian composer describes his visit to Bath in 1794 in his own words Jane Austen, [...]













