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 5 DAYS TO PERSUASION ON PBS Sunday, the 13th of January, at 9:00pm Mark your calendars and set your watches for the premiere of the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel of love and redemption, Persuasion, staring Rupert Penry-Jones as the dashing Captain Wentworth. Presented by those great folks at Masterpiece Classics. Further details... Continue Reading →
TACITURNÂ "Do you talk by rule, then, while you are dancing?" "Sometimes. One must speak a little, you know. It would look odd to be entirely silent for half an hour together; and yet for the advantage of some, conversation ought to be so arranged, as that they may have the trouble of saying as... Continue Reading →
 7 DAYS TO PERSUASION ON PBS Sunday, the 13th of January, at 9:00pm Mark your calendars and set your watches for the premiere of the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel of love and redemption, Persuasion, staring Sally Hawkins as Anne Elliot. Presented by those great folks at Masterpiece Classics. Further details can... Continue Reading →
Sense & Sensibility 2008 mystery child Mild spoilers. The new BBC production of Sense & Sensibility has aired in England and I promise not to speak of it again until after our US airing on March 30th & April 6th, but I am feeling silly tonight and the photo of this young chap just gave... Continue Reading →
PBS TO AIR ALL SIX JANE AUSTEN ADAPTATIONS IN THE NEW YEAR I am all anticipation of the new Masterpiece Theatre presentation, Sundays with Jane: The Complete Jane Austen, which airs on PBS starting January 13th at 9:00 pm. It will include four new adaptations of the Jane Austen novels Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park and... Continue Reading →
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Pride & Prejudice, Chapter 1 Here is the most universally acknowledged famous first line in literature which continues to inspire the admiration of the world and numerous stage, film, and TV adaptations.... Continue Reading →
