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Masterpiece Classic 2010 Season Preview

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 3 December 2009 | 18 Comments »

Oh joy! In less than a month, the Masterpiece Classic season begins on PBS offering another incredible lineup of quality period and contemporary drama’s. This is my favorite time of year for television and this season certainly aims to please offering some old classics and new surprises. Masterpiece is branching out a bit this year [...]

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Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey: Gothically Inspired: Day 19 Giveaway

Posted in Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen Humor, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Works, Northanger Abbey Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on 29 October 2008 | 10 Comments »

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe’s works, and most of them with great pleasure. The Mysteries of Udolpho, when I had once begun it, I could not lay down again; I remember finishing it in two [...]

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In Remembrance of The Complete Jane Austen

Posted in Emma Movies, Jane Austen Adaptations, Mansfield Park Movies, Masterpiece Classic, Miss Austen Regrets, Northanger Abbey Movies, Persuasion Movies, Pride & Prejudice Movies, Sense & Sensibility Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 14 April 2008 | 6 Comments »

  “This present from the Campbells,” said she — “This pianoforté is very kindly given.”  “Yes,” he replied, and without the smallest apparent embarrassment. “But they would have done better had they given her notice of it. Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. I should have [...]

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Northanger Abbey Review: An Austen Adventure

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Masterpiece Classic, Northanger Abbey Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 20 January 2008 | 14 Comments »

  ADVENTURES   if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must  seek them abroad. The Narrator on Catherine Morland,  Northanger Abbey, Chapter 1  After viewing that pensive Persuasion adaptation last week on The Complete Jane Austen on PBS, I was all fired up to be shaken out of my Jane Austen [...]

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Northanger Abbey: Our Hero Henry Tilney

Posted in Northanger Abbey Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 18 January 2008 | 9 Comments »

COUNTENANCE his name was Tilney. He seemed to be about four or five and twenty, was rather tall, had a pleasing countenance.The Narrator on Henry Tilney, Northanger Abbey, Chapter 3 In anticipation of the premiere on Sunday of the new adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Northanger Abbey presented by PBS, I thought it helpful to [...]

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Northanger Abbey: Acquisition of Higher Delight

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, tagged , , , , , , , , on 15 January 2008 | 1 Comment »

ACQUISITION  To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.The Narrator on Catherine Morland, Northanger Abbey, Chapter 1 This is our introduction to our young heroine Catherine Morland, and it [...]

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